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年轻恒星天体的中红外光谱变率图集

Mid-Infrared Spectral Variability Atlas of Young Stellar Objects

Á. Kóspál, P. Ábrahám, J. A. Acosta-Pulido, C. P. Dullemond, Th. Henning, M. Kun, Ch. Leinert, A. Moór, N. J. Turner

摘要:

光学和近红外可变性是年轻恒星物体的一个众所周知的特性。然而,最近越来越多的研究声称,其中相当一部分也表现出中红外通量变化。为了研究和解释十年时间尺度上的变化,在这里,我们提出了一个中红外光谱图集,其中包含68个低质量和中等质量的年轻恒星天体的观测。该图集包括1996年至1998年期间由红外空间天文台(ISO)上的ISOPHOT-S仪器获得的2.5-11.6微米低分辨率光谱,以及2004年至2007年期间由斯皮策空间望远镜上的IRS仪器获得的5.2-14.5微米低分辨率光谱。这些观测结果是从ISO和斯皮策档案中检索出来的,并由我们自己的程序进行交互式后处理。对于这47个对象,多历元光谱可用,我们分析中红外光谱的变化,每年和/或十年的时间尺度。我们确定了37个可变候选源。许多恒星表现出与波长无关的流量变化,可能是由于可变的吸积率。在几个系统中,都表现出10 μ m的硅酸盐发射,6-8 μ m连续谱的可变性和硅酸盐特征表现出不同的幅度。一个可能的解释是变化的高度或额外的硅酸盐排放的尘埃云在磁盘大气中的内部磁盘结构的硅酸盐发射区的变量阴影。我们的研究结果表明,中红外变化,特别是波长依赖性的变化,比以前已知的更普遍。解释这种变化是一个新的可能性,探索磁盘的结构和动力学过程。

英文摘要:

Optical and near-infrared variability is a well-known property of young stellar objects. However, a growing number of recent studies claim that a considerable fraction of them also exhibit mid-infrared flux changes. With the aim of studying and interpreting variability on a decadal timescale, here we present a mid-infrared spectral atlas containing observations of 68 low- and intermediate mass young stellar objects. The atlas consists of 2.5-11.6 um low-resolution spectra obtained with the ISOPHOT-S instrument on-board the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) between 1996 and 1998, as well as 5.2-14.5 um low-resolution spectra obtained with the IRS instrument on-board the Spitzer Space Telescope between 2004 and 2007. The observations were retrieved from the ISO and Spitzer archives and were post-processed interactively by our own routines. For those 47 objects where multi-epoch spectra were available, we analyze mid-infrared spectral variability on annual and/or decadal timescales. We identify 37 variable candidate sources. Many stars show wavelength-independent flux changes, possibly due to variable accretion rate. In several systems, all exhibiting 10 um silicate emission, the variability of the 6-8 um continuum and the silicate feature exhibit different amplitudes. A possible explanation is variable shadowing of the silicate emitting region by an inner disk structure of changing height or extra silicate emission from dust clouds in the disk atmosphere. Our results suggest that mid-infrared variability, in particular the wavelength-dependent changes, are more ubiquitous than was known before. Interpreting this variability is a new possibility to explore the structure of the disk and its dynamical processes.

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