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MWC 758的毫米成像:探测椎间盘结构和运动学

Millimeter imaging of MWC 758: probing the disk structure and kinematics

Andrea Isella, Antonella Natta, David Wilner, John M. Carpenter, Leonardo Testi

摘要:

我们调查的结构和运动学的拱星盘周围的Herbig Ae星MWC 758使用高分辨率观测的12 CO(3-2)和尘埃连续发射的波长为0.87和3.3毫米。我们发现,尘埃发射峰值在轨道半径约100 AU,而CO强度有一个中心峰与恒星的位置相一致。CO的排放是在协议的磁盘在开普勒旋转围绕2.0 Msun的恒星,确认MWC 758确实是一个中等质量的恒星。通过与理论圆盘模型的比较,我们得出圆盘表面密度σ(r)从40到100 AU急剧增加,并向外呈指数下降。在40天文单位内,光盘必须在毫米波长的连续发射光学薄,以解释所观察到的尘埃形态,虽然我们的观测缺乏角分辨率和灵敏度所需的约束这些空间尺度上的表面密度。在MWC 758磁盘的表面密度分布是类似的“过渡”磁盘,虽然没有磁盘清除已被推断出以前从光谱能量分布(SED)的分析。此外,在尘埃和CO排放中观察到的不对称性表明,该盘可能受到半径为30 AU的低质量伴星的引力扰动。我们的研究结果强调,单靠SEDs并不能提供完整的磁盘结构,高分辨率的毫米波图像是必不可少的,以揭示冷磁盘中平面的结构。

英文摘要:

We investigate the structure and kinematics of the circumstellar disk around the Herbig Ae star MWC 758 using high resolution observations of the 12CO (3-2) and dust continuum emission at the wavelengths of 0.87 and 3.3 mm. We find that the dust emission peaks at an orbital radius of about 100 AU, while the CO intensity has a central peak coincident with the position of the star. The CO emission is in agreement with a disk in keplerian rotation around a 2.0 Msun star, confirming that MWC758 is indeed an intermediate mass star. By comparing the observation with theoretical disk models, we derive that the disk surface density Sigma(r) steeply increases from 40 to 100 AU, and decreases exponentially outward. Within 40 AU, the disk has to be optically thin in the continuum emission at millimeter wavelengths to explain the observed dust morphology, though our observations lack the angular resolution and sensitivity required to constrain the surface density on these spatial scales. The surface density distribution in MWC 758 disk is similar to that of ``transition'' disks, though no disk clearing has been previously inferred from the analysis of the spectral energy distribution (SED). Moreover, the asymmetries observed in the dust and CO emission suggest that the disk may be gravitationally perturbed by a low mass companion orbiting within a radius of 30 AU. Our results emphasize that SEDs alone do not provide a complete picture of disk structure and that high resolution millimeter-wave images are essential to reveal the structure of the cool disk mid plane.

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