Observational studies of the clearing phase in proto-planetary disk systems

Details Observational studies of the clearing phase in proto-planetary disk systems Observational studies of the clearing phase in proto-planetary disk systems

Mar 1995

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Annual Report, 19 Mar. 1994 - Mar. 3 1995 Applied Research Corp., Landover, MD.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Accretion Disks, Iue, Pre-Main Sequence Stars, Stellar Mass Accretion, Ultraviolet Astronomy, Ultraviolet Spectra, Optical Measurement, Photometry, Polarimetry, Spectral Signatures, Stellar Envelopes, Stellar Magnetic Fields

Scientific paper

Progress in this study is summarized for its second year. An extensive program of high dispersion UV spectral studies using the IUE (International Ultraviolet Explorer) has resulted in acquisition of 40 Herbig Ae/Be star and related object spectra. We find that accreting, circumstellar gas is detected with velocities consistent with material in free-fall toward the stars in approximately 38% of the sample. With acquisition of optical measurements of the projected stellar rotational velocities, we find that the systems with accreting gas exhibit systematically higher projected rotational velocities than the systems showing signatures of outflowing material only. When combined with polarimetric and photometric data, the IUE spectra for these stars indicate that accretion in intermediate-mass pre-main sequence stars is confined to the plane of the circumstellar dust disk. This is in contrast to lower-mass PMS stars where accretion, presumably along magnetic field lines, is seen at polar latitudes. Our data also support significant clearing of the central regions of these circumstellar disks, as originally suggested. The model which most closely matches the observational data is accretion from a disk envelope, as developed by Calvet et al. (1994).

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