Density streams in the disc winds of Classical T Tauri stars
Density streams in the disc winds of Classical T Tauri stars
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经典金牛座 T 星盘风中的密度流
DOI:
10.1093/mnras/stad2252
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发表时间:
2023
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Gameiro, J. F.
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作者:
Petrov, P. P.;Grankin, K. N.;Babina, E. V.;Artemenko, S. A.;Romanova, M. M.;Gorda, S. Yu;Djupvik, A. A.;Gameiro, J. F.
Spectral and photometric variability of the Classical T Tauri stars RY Tau and SU Aur from 2013 to 2022 is analysed. We find that in SU Aur the H α line’s flux at radial velocity RV = −50 ± 7 km s−1varies with a period P = 255 ± 5 d. A similar effect previously discovered in RY Tau is confirmed with these new data:P= 21.6 d at RV = −95 ± 5 km s. In both stars, the radial velocity of these variations, the period, and the mass of the star turn out to be related by Kepler’s law, suggesting structural features on the disc plane orbiting at radii of 0.2 au in RY Tau and 0.9 au in SU Aur, respectively. Both stars have a large inclination of the accretion disc to the line of sight – so that the line of sight passes through the region of the disc wind. We propose there is an azimuthal asymmetry in the disc wind, presumably in the form of ‘density streams,’ caused by substructures of the accretion disc surface. These streams cannot dissipate until they go beyond the Alfven surface in the disc’s magnetic field. These findings open up the possibility to learn about the structure of the inner accretion disc of CTTS on scales less than 1 au and to reveal the orbital distances related to the planet’s formation.