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用无线电发射测试原行星盘的散布

Testing protoplanetary disc dispersal with radio emission

James E. Owen, Anna M. M. Scaife, Barbara Ercolano

摘要:

我们把来自原行星盘上层大气的连续自由射电辐射看作是撞击在盘上的电离光度的探测器。利用以前计算的流体动力学模型的光盘光蒸发的EUV和X射线照射的框架内,我们使用辐射转移后处理技术来预测预期的自由-自由发射从原行星盘。在一般情况下,自由的自由光度标度大致线性与电离光度在EUV和X射线驱动的情况下,其中的排放占主导地位的尘埃尾盘和部分光学薄厘米波长。我们在14-18 Ghz对GM Aur进行了测试观测,并在尘埃尾上方检测到过量的无线电发射,置信度非常高。所观察到的通量密度和光谱指数是一致的,从电离盘在EUV或X射线驱动的情况下的自由-自由发射。最后,我们提出了一个可能的路线来测试的EUV和X射线驱动的原行星盘的分散模型,通过结合观测到的自由自由通量密度与质量吸积率的测量。关于星盘色散,人们可以期望在极紫外驱动的星盘色散情况下发现自由-自由通量的M_dot ^2标度,或者在X射线驱动的星盘色散情况下发现M_dot标度。

英文摘要:

We consider continuum free-free radio emission from the upper atmosphere of protoplanetary discs as a probe of the ionized luminosity impinging upon the disc. Making use of previously computed hydrodynamic models of disc photoevaporation within the framework of EUV and X-ray irradiation, we use radiative transfer post-processing techniques to predict the expected free-free emission from protoplanetary discs. In general, the free-free luminosity scales roughly linearly with ionizing luminosity in both EUV and X-ray driven scenarios, where the emission dominates over the dust tail of the disc and is partial optically thin at cm wavelengths. We perform a test observation of GM Aur at 14-18 Ghz and detect an excess of radio emission above the dust tail to a very high level of confidence. The observed flux density and spectral index are consistent with free-free emission from the ionized disc in either the EUV or X-ray driven scenario. Finally, we suggest a possible route to testing the EUV and X-ray driven dispersal model of protoplanetary discs, by combining observed free-free flux densities with measurements of mass-accretion rates. On the point of disc dispersal one would expect to find a M_dot^2 scaling with free-free flux in the case of EUV driven disc dispersal or a M_dot scaling in the case of X-ray driven disc dispersal.

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