The Dimming Events of the CTTS RW Aur A (Poster)
Abstract
The study of the inner gaseous disc of YSOs is crucial to understand the physical processes ruling disc evolution and its connection with planet formation. In this poster, I will present our results on the inner disc properties of the CTTS RW AurA. The RW Aur system has captured the attention of astronomers for its dimming events. By using X-SHOOTER spectra in the bright and dim states, we compare the NIR CO emission in order to shed light on this mystery. In general, the CO emission traces a warm (T=2000-5000K) and dense (NCO>1e12cm-2) gas as expected in the innermost region of discs. Both states need a cool (T=3000K) and dense (NCO=1e21cm-2) gas to reproduce the observations, with the emitting region located just inside the dust sublimation radius. By comparing the SED (from 300 to 1000 nm) and the CO emission of both states, we find that the dimming can be due to absorption by a layer of large grains with optical depth slowly declining from 2.8 to 1.6. The accretion rate remains constant (Macc 2e-8 Mo/yr) if one assumes that the same layer of dust also occults the accretion line emitting region. This excludes accretion bursts as the main cause of RWAurA brightness variability.
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Take a Closer Look
- Pub Date:
- November 2018
- DOI:
- 10.5281/zenodo.1488944
- Bibcode:
- 2018tcl..confE..88K
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- Zenodo community tcl2018