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The infrared line-emitting regions of T Tauri protoplanetary disks

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11/2019
Author
Greenwood, A. J.
Kamp, I.
Waters, L. B. F. M.
Woitke, P.
Thi, W.-F.
Keywords
Protoplanetary disks
Radiative transfer
Astrochemistry
Line: formation
QB Astronomy
NDAS
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Abstract
Mid-infrared molecular line emission detected with the Spitzer Space Telescope is often interpreted using slab models. However, we need to understand the mid-infrared line emission in 2D disk models, such that we gain information about from where the lines are being emitted and under which conditions, such that we gain information about number densities, temperatures, and optical depths in both the radial and vertical directions. In this paper, we introduce a series of 2D thermochemical models of a prototypical T Tauri protoplanetary disk, in order to examine how sensitive the line-emitting regions are to changes in the UV and X-ray fluxes, the disk flaring angle, dust settling, and the dust-to-gas ratio. These all affect the heating of the inner disk, and thus can affect the mid-infrared spectral lines. Using the ProDiMo and FLiTs codes, we produce a series of 2D thermochemical disk models. We find that there is often a significant difference between the gas and dust temperatures in the line emitting regions, and we illustrate that the size of the line emitting regions is relatively robust against changes in the stellar and disk parameters (namely, the UV and X-ray fluxes, the flaring angle, and dust settling). These results demonstrate the potential for localized variations in the line-emitting region to greatly affect the resulting spectra and line fluxes, and the necessity of allowing for such variations in our models.
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Greenwood , A J , Kamp , I , Waters , L B F M , Woitke , P & Thi , W-F 2019 , ' The infrared line-emitting regions of T Tauri protoplanetary disks ' , Astronomy & Astrophysics , vol. 631 , A81 . https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201834175
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
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Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201834175
ISSN
0004-6361
Type
Journal article
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Copyright © ESO 2019. This work has been made available online in accordance with publisher policies or with permission. Permission for further reuse of this content should be sought from the publisher or the rights holder. This is the author created accepted manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201834175
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URL
https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.05400
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/19099

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