Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Galaxy Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2010-07-07
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Galaxy Astrophysics
9 pages plus 16 figures and 1 appendix. Accepted to ApJ
Scientific paper
Recent mid-infrared observations of young stellar objects have found significant variations possibly indicative of changes in the structure of the circumstellar disk. Previous models of this variability have been restricted to axisymmetric perturbations in the disk. We consider simple models of a non-axisymmetric variation in the inner disk, such as a warp or a spiral wave. We find that the precession of these non-axisymmetric structures produce negligible flux variations but a change in the height of these structures can lead to significant changes in the mid-infrared flux. Applying these models to observations of the young stellar object LRLL 31 suggests that the observed variability could be explained by a warped inner disk with variable scale height. This suggests that some of the variability observed in young stellar objects could be explained by non-axisymmetric disturbances in the inner disk and this variability would be easily observable in future studies.
Flaherty Kevin
Muzerolle James
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