Analysis of variability of TW Hya as observed by MOST and ASAS in 2009

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2010-09-06

arxiv.org/abs/1009.1173v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

Accepted to MNRAS

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As a continuation of our previous studies in 2007 and 2008, new photometric observations of the T Tauri star TW Hya obtained by the MOST satellite and the ASAS project over 40 days in 2009 with temporal resolution of 0.2 days are presented. A wavelet analysis of the combined MOST-ASAS data provides a rich picture of coherent, intermittent, variable-period oscillations, similarly as discovered in the 2008 data. The periods (1.3 - 10 days) and systematic period shortening on time scales of weeks can be interpreted within the model of magneto-rotationally controlled accretion processes in the inner accretion disk around the star. Within this model and depending on the assumed visibility of plasma parcels causing the oscillations, the observed shortest-period oscillation period may indicate the stellar rotation period of 1.3 or 2.6 d, synchronized with the disk at 4.5 or 7.1 solar radii, respectively.

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