High Resolution K-band Spectroscopy of MWC 480 and V1331 Cyg

Details High Resolution K-band Spectroscopy of MWC 480 and V1331 Cyg High Resolution K-band Spectroscopy of MWC 480 and V1331 Cyg

2008-09-24

arxiv.org/abs/0809.4267v1

Astrophys.J.691:738-748,2009

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

29 pages, 5 figures, to appear in ApJ

Scientific paper

10.1088/0004-637X/691/1/738

We present high resolution (R=25,000-35,000) K-band spectroscopy of two young stars, MWC 480 and V1331 Cyg. Earlier spectrally dispersed (R=230) interferometric observations of MWC 480 indicated the presence of an excess continuum emission interior to the dust sublimation radius, with a spectral shape that was interpreted as evidence for hot water emission from the inner disk of MWC 480. Our spectrum of V1331 Cyg reveals strong emission from CO and hot water vapor, likely arising in a circumstellar disk. In comparison, our spectrum of MWC 480 appears mostly featureless. We discuss possible ways in which strong water emission from MWC 480 might go undetected in our data. If strong water emission is in fact absent from the inner disk, as our data suggest, the continuum excess interior to the dust sublimation radius that is detected in the interferometric data must have another origin. We discuss possible physical origins for the continuum excess.

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