Far-Ultraviolet Observations of the Circumstellar Gas in the 2 Andromedae System

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Feb 2003

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The Astronomical Journal, Volume 125, Issue 2, pp. 868-874.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Stars: Circumstellar Matter, Stars: Planetary Systems: Protoplanetary Disks, Stars: Individual: Constellation Name: 2 Andromedae

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The A5 star β Pictoris is a possible young planetary system and has the best-studied circumstellar disk. Our visible and ultraviolet observations of 2 Andromedae indicated that this A3 star has β Pictoris-like gas infall. We present the far-ultraviolet spectrum (905-1195 Å) of 2 And we obtained with the NASA-CNES-CSA Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE). Unlike β Pic, 2 And's FUSE spectrum does not show strong chromospheric emission lines from C III and O VI. However, 2 And's FUSE spectrum contains many nonphotospheric lines that allow us to probe the circumstellar gas. For example, between 1120 and 1140 Å, we detected several Fe III absorption lines arising from hyperfine levels of ground state, which cannot be formed in the interstellar medium. These lines are good diagnostics of the circumstellar gas. We also detected circumstellar Fe II, Cr III, Mn III, and O I (1D) lines. The simultaneous presence of these species suggests that the circumstellar environment of 2 And could include regions with different temperatures and densities.

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