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金牛T星吸积光变的合成光变曲线

Synthetic Light Curves of Accretion Variability in T Tauri Stars

Connor E. Robinson, Catherine C. Espaillat, James E Owen

摘要:

吸积、低质量、主序前恒星(即,经典金牛座T星(CTTS)揭示了不同类别的变化。其中几种分类与$\dot{M}$的变化有关。为了测试吸积的变化条件如何导致不同的光变曲线形态,我们使用一维流体动力学模拟沿磁场线的吸积加上辐射转移模型和旋转的简单处理,以产生合成光变曲线。我们采用了以前开发的指标,以分类观察,以促进观察和我们的模型之间的比较。我们发现,恒星质量,磁场几何形状,共转半径,倾角和湍流都发挥作用,在生产所观察到的光变曲线,没有一个参数是完全占主导地位的控制所观察到的变化。虽然光变曲线的周期性行为受倾角的影响最大,但它也是磁场几何形状和内部盘湍流的函数。具有纯偶极场、强排列八极分量或内部盘中的高湍流的物体都倾向于显示吸积爆发。具有反对齐的八极分量或对齐的、较弱的八极分量的物体往往会显示出光变曲线,但爆发略少。我们没有发现明显的单调趋势恒星质量和经验分类。这项工作为更详细地描述经过充分研究的目标奠定了基础,因为通过凌日系外行星调查卫星(TESS)等任务可以获得更多CTTS的光变曲线。

英文摘要:

Photometric observations of accreting, low-mass, pre-main-sequence stars (i.e., Classical T Tauri stars; CTTS) have revealed different categories of variability. Several of these classifications have been linked to changes in $\dot{M}$. To test how accretion variability conditions lead to different light-curve morphologies, we used 1D hydrodynamic simulations of accretion along a magnetic field line coupled with radiative transfer models and a simple treatment of rotation to generate synthetic light curves. We adopted previously developed metrics in order to classify observations to facilitate comparisons between observations and our models. We found that stellar mass, magnetic field geometry, corotation radius, inclination, and turbulence all play roles in producing the observed light curves and that no single parameter is entirely dominant in controlling the observed variability. While the periodic behavior of the light curve is most strongly affected by the inclination, it is also a function of the magnetic field geometry and inner disk turbulence. Objects with either pure dipole fields, strong aligned octupole components, or high turbulence in the inner disk all tend to display accretion bursts. Objects with anti-aligned octupole components or aligned, weaker octupole components tend to show light curves with slightly fewer bursts. We did not find clear monotonic trends between the stellar mass and empirical classification. This work establishes the groundwork for more detailed characterization of well-studied targets as more light curves of CTTS become available through missions such as the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).

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