Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-09-10
Astrophys.J. 617 (2004) 1204-1215
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
31 pages, including 5 figures accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal
Scientific paper
10.1086/425652
High resolution optical and infrared (IR) echelle spectra of the naked (diskless) T Tauri star Hubble 4 are presented. The K band IR spectra include 4 Zeeman sensitive Ti I lines along with several magnetically insensitive CO lines. Detailed spectrum synthesis combined with modern atmospheric models is used to fit the optical spectra of Hubble 4 in order to determine its key stellar parameters: Teff = 4158 +/- 56 K; log(g) = 3.61 +/- 0.50; [M/H] = -0.08 +/- 0.05; vsini = 14.6 +/- 1.7 km/s . These stellar parameters are used to synthesize K band spectra to compare with the observations. The magnetically sensitive Ti I lines are all significantly broadened relative to the lines produced in the non-magnetic model, while the magnetically insensitive CO lines are well matched by the basic non-magnetic model. Models with magnetic fields are synthesized and fit to the Ti I lines. The best fit models indicate a distribution of magnetic field strengths on the stellar surface characterized by a mean magnetic field strength of 2.51 +/- 0.18 kG. The mean field is a factor of 2.0 greater than the maximum field strength predicted by pressure equipartition arguments. To confirm the reality of such strong fields, we attempt to refit the observed profiles using a two component magnetic model in which the field strength is confined to the equipartition value representing plage-like regions in one component, and the field is allowed to vary in a cooler component representing spots. It is shown that such a model is inconsistent with the optical spectrum of the TiO bandhead at 7055 Angstroms.
Johns-Krull Christopher M.
Saar Steven H.
Valenti Jeff A.
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