Near-IR Spectral Variability of Young Stars

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Jan 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011aas...21734007z&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #217, #340.07; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Young stars (such as T Tauri and Herbig Ae/Be sources) exhibit photometric variability across the electromagnetic spectrum, including in the visible and infrared regions. Time-variable mass accretion rates may cause some of the observed variability, although other mechanisms such as starspots or structural changes in the circumstellar disks, provide alternative explanations. Spectroscopic observations provide a means to probe accretion via diagnostic emission lines, and to probe the ratio of stellar-to-circumstellar flux via veiling of stellar absorption lines. While spectroscopic variability in the optical range has been previously investigated, variability in the near-IR has not been explored as thoroughly. We have undertaken a project to track the spectral variability of young stars in the near-IR. Using the 90-inch Bok telescope on Kitt Peak, we observed about 40 young stars with FSPEC during two five-night runs separated by one month. As this project continues, in order to extend the timescales covered by our data, we will survey the same targets under similar circumstances in the summer of 2011. Ultimately, we hope to follow a sample of about 100 young stars with five-night observing runs every month of the year. Here we present initial results showing Brackett gamma Hydrogen line emission for several sources. We show that the emission line luminosity varies, and we use this variability to constrain the mass accretion rate with time for the observed objects. We acknowledge the NSF for funding under Award No. AST-0847170, a PAARE Grant for the Calfornia-Arizona Minority Partnership for Astronomy Research and Education (CAMPARE).

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