Results from DROXO. II. - [Ne II] and X-ray emission from Rho Ophiuchi young stellar objects

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2009-06-25

arxiv.org/abs/0906.4700v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

21 pages, accepted for publication on Astronomy & Astrophysics (appendix to be published only in the electronic edition)

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The infrared [Ne II] and [Ne III] fine structure lines at 12.81um and 15.55um are predicted to trace the circumstellar disk gas subject to X-ray heating and ionization. We investigate the origin of these lines by comparing observations with models of X-ray irradiated disks and by searching for empirical correlations between the line luminosities and stellar and circumstellar parameters. We measure neon line fluxes and X-ray luminosities for 28 young stellar objects in the Rho Ophiuchi star formation region for which good quality infrared spectra and X-ray data have been obtained, the former with the Spitzer IRS and the latter with the Deep Rho Ophiuchi XMM-Newton Observation. We detect the [Ne II] and the [Ne III] lines in 10 and 1 cases, respectively. Line luminosities show no correlation with X-ray emission. The luminosity of the [Ne II] line for one star, and that of both the [Ne II] and [Ne III] lines for a second star, match the predictions of published models of X-ray irradiated disks; for the remaining 8 objects the [Ne II] emission is 1-3 dex higher than predicted on the basis of their L_X. Class I objects show significantly stronger [Ne II] lines than Class II and Class III ones. A correlation is moreover found between the [Ne II] line emission and the disk mass accretion rates. This might point toward a role of accretion-generated UV emission in the generation of the line or to other mechanisms related to mass inflows from circumstellar disks and envelopes and/or to the associated mass outflows (winds and jets). We conclude that the X-ray luminosity is not the only parameter that determines the [Ne II] emission. Explaining the strong [Ne II] emission of Class I objects likely requires the inclusion in the models of additional physical components such as the envelope, inflows, and outflows.

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