Chandra and HST Observations of the High Energy (X-ray/UV) Radiation Fields for an Evolutionary Sequence of Pre-Main-Sequence Stars

Details Chandra and HST Observations of the High Energy (X-ray/UV) Radiation Fields for an Evolutionary Sequence of Pre-Main-Sequence Stars Chandra and HST Observations of the High Energy (X-ray/UV) Radiation Fields for an Evolutionary Sequence of Pre-Main-Sequence Stars

Feb 2010

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American Astronomical Society, HEAD meeting #11, #17.09; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.684

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Pre-main-sequence (PMS) stars are strong X-ray and UV emitters and the high energy radiation from the central stars directly influences the physical and chemical processes in their protoplanetary disks. Gas and dust in protoplanetary systems are excited by these photons, which are the dominant ionization source for hundreds of AU around the star. X-rays penetrate deep into disks and power complex chemistry on grain surfaces. ``Transitional disks'' are an important short-lived evolutionary stage for PMS stars and protoplanetary systems. These disks have transformed most of the dust and gas in their inner regions into planetesimals or larger solid bodies. As dust disks disappear after ages of roughly 5 Myr high levels of stellar magnetic activity persist and continue to bathe the newly-forming protoplanetary systems with intense high energy radiation.
We present new X-ray and UV spectra for a sample of PMS stars at a variety of evolutionary stages, including the classical T Tauri stars DE Tau and DK Tau, the transitional disk stars GM Aur and HD135344B, the Herbig Ae star HD104237, and the weak-lined T Tauri star LkCa4, the Eta Cha cluster [age 7 Myr] members RECX1, RECX-11, and RECX-15, and TW Hya association [age 8 Myr] member TWA-2. These include the first results from our 111 orbit HST Large project and associated X-ray data. New and archival Chandra, XMM, and Swift X-ray spectra and HST COS+STIS FUV spectra are being used to reconstruct the full high energy (X-ray/EUV/FUV/NUV) spectra of these stars, thus allowing detailed modeling of the physics and chemistry of their circumstellar environments. The UV spectra provide improved emission line profiles revealing details of the magnetically-heated plasma and accretion and outflow processes.
This work is supported by Chandra grants GO8-9024X, GO9-0015X and GO9-0020B and proposal 11200754 and HST GO grants 11336, 11616, and 11828.

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