Variability of Southern T Tauri Stars (VASTT). III. The Continuum Flux Changes of the TW Hydrae Bright Spot

The CS (J = 2 — 1) line and 98 GHz continuum emission have been observed for 11 protostellar IRAS sources in the Taurus molecular cloud with resolutions of 2.6″−8.8″ (360 AU—1200 AU) using the Nobeyama Millimeter Array (NMA). The CS emission is detected only toward embedded sources, while the continuum emission from dust grains is detected only toward visible T Tauri stars except for one embedded source, L1551-IRS5. This suggests that the dust grains around the embedded sources do not centrally concentrate enough to be detected with our sensitivity (∼4 m Jy r.m.s), while dust grains in disks around the T Tauri stars have enough total mass to be detected with the NMA. The molecular cloud cores around the embedded sources are moderately extended and dense enough to be detected in CS, while gas disks around the T Tauri are not detected because the radius of such gas disks may be smaller than 70 (50 K/Tex) AU. These results imply that the total amount of matter within the NMA beam size must increase when the central objects evolve into T Tauri stars from embedded sources, suggesting that the compact and highly dense disks around T Tauri stars are formed by the dynamical mass accretion during the embedded protostar phase.

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The Nobeyama Millimeter Array Survey for Protoplanetary Disks Around Protostar Candidates and T Tauri Stars in Taurus

International Astronomical Union Colloquium ◽

10.1017/s0252921100019771 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 140 ◽

pp. 274-275

Author(s):

Nagayoshi Ohashi ◽

Ryohei Kawabe ◽

Masahiko Hayashi ◽

Masato Ishiguro

Keyword(s):

Protoplanetary Disks ◽

Circumstellar Disks ◽

Stellar Mass ◽

T Tauri Stars ◽

Continuum Emission ◽

Disk Mass ◽

T Tauri ◽

The Continuum

AbstractThe Nobeyama Millimeter Array Survey for protoplanetary disks has been made for 19 protostellar IRAS sources in Taurus; 13 were invisible protostars and 6 were youngest T Tauri stars. We observed the 98 GHz continuum and CS(J=2-1) line emissions simultaneously with spatial resolutions of 2.8”- 8.8” (360 AU-1,200 AU). Unresolved continuum emission was detected from 5 of 6 T Tauri stars and 2 of 13 protostar candidates. The continuum emission arose from compact circumstellar disks. Extended CS emission was detected around 2 T Tauri stars and 11 protostar candidates. There is a remarkable tendency for the detectability for the 98 GHz continuum emission to be small for protostar candidates. This tendency is explained if the mass of protoplanetary disks around protostars is not as large as that around T Tauri stars; the disk mass may increase with the increase of central stellar mass by dynamical accretion in the course of evolution from protostars to T Tauri stars.

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Variability of Southern T Tauri Stars. I. The Continuum and the Hβ Inverse P Cygni Profile of GQ Lupi

The Astrophysical Journal ◽

10.1086/318653 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 548 (1) ◽

pp. 377-393 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

C. Batalha ◽

D. F. Lopes ◽

N. M. Batalha

Keyword(s):

T Tauri Stars ◽

T Tauri ◽

The Continuum

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Disks and Outflows

International Astronomical Union Colloquium ◽

10.1017/s0252921100023745 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 120 ◽

pp. 196-209

Author(s):

Luis F. Rodríguez

Keyword(s):

Accretion Disks ◽

Large Scale ◽

Circumstellar Disks ◽

Major Axis ◽

T Tauri Stars ◽

Bipolar Outflows ◽

Dense Cores ◽

T Tauri ◽

Recent Developments ◽

The Continuum

AbstractThis paper reviews recent developments in the study of bipolar outflows and their possible collimation by disklike structures. The exciting stars of most bipolar outflows are embedded in dense cores, self-gravitating structures with masses in the range of 1 to 103M⊙. In many cases, these dense cores are flattened, with its major axis aligned perpendicular to the axis of the outflow. These flattened structures, the interstellar toroids, appear to play a role in the large scale (0.1 pc) collimation of the bipolar outflows. However, a considerable number of observations point to the presence of collimation on much smaller scales. In particular, the results of Sargent and collaborators have revealed the existence of circumstellar disks (with radii of ~1000 AU) that are gravitationally bound to their stars. I also review recent models of accretion disks around T Tauri stars have been successful in explaining the general features of the continuum spectra of T Tauri stars from the ultraviolet to the infrared. Some radio results that have not been considered by these models are discussed.

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Aperture synthesis CS and 98 GHz continuum observations of protostellar IRAS sources in Taurus

Symposium - International Astronomical Union ◽

10.1017/s007418090019905x ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 147 ◽

pp. 353-356

Author(s):

N. Ohashi ◽

R. Kawabe ◽

M. Hayashi ◽

M. Ishiguro

Keyword(s):

Molecular Cloud ◽

Total Mass ◽

T Tauri Stars ◽

Continuum Emission ◽

Beam Size ◽

Dust Grains ◽

Dynamical Mass ◽

T Tauri ◽

Cloud Cores ◽

The Continuum

The CS (J = 2 — 1) line and 98 GHz continuum emission have been observed for 11 protostellar IRAS sources in the Taurus molecular cloud with resolutions of 2.6″−8.8″ (360 AU—1200 AU) using the Nobeyama Millimeter Array (NMA). The CS emission is detected only toward embedded sources, while the continuum emission from dust grains is detected only toward visible T Tauri stars except for one embedded source, L1551-IRS5. This suggests that the dust grains around the embedded sources do not centrally concentrate enough to be detected with our sensitivity (∼4 m Jy r.m.s), while dust grains in disks around the T Tauri stars have enough total mass to be detected with the NMA. The molecular cloud cores around the embedded sources are moderately extended and dense enough to be detected in CS, while gas disks around the T Tauri are not detected because the radius of such gas disks may be smaller than 70 (50 K/Tex) AU. These results imply that the total amount of matter within the NMA beam size must increase when the central objects evolve into T Tauri stars from embedded sources, suggesting that the compact and highly dense disks around T Tauri stars are formed by the dynamical mass accretion during the embedded protostar phase.

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The Infancy of Solar-Type Stars and its Relevance for the Origin of Life

International Astronomical Union Colloquium ◽

10.1017/s0252921100014780 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 161 ◽

pp. 267-282 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Thierry Montmerle

Keyword(s):

Main Sequence ◽

Solar Nebula ◽

Circumstellar Disks ◽

T Tauri Stars ◽

Necessary Condition ◽

Sequence Evolution ◽

T Tauri ◽

Solar Type ◽

Optical Domain ◽

The Origin Of Life

AbstractFor life to develop, planets are a necessary condition. Likewise, for planets to form, stars must be surrounded by circumstellar disks, at least some time during their pre-main sequence evolution. Much progress has been made recently in the study of young solar-like stars. In the optical domain, these stars are known as «T Tauri stars». A significant number show IR excess, and other phenomena indirectly suggesting the presence of circumstellar disks. The current wisdom is that there is an evolutionary sequence from protostars to T Tauri stars. This sequence is characterized by the initial presence of disks, with lifetimes ~ 1-10 Myr after the intial collapse of a dense envelope having given birth to a star. While they are present, about 30% of the disks have masses larger than the minimum solar nebula. Their disappearance may correspond to the growth of dust grains, followed by planetesimal and planet formation, but this is not yet demonstrated.

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The Bright Accretion Rings on Magnetic T Tauri Stars

The Astrophysical Journal ◽

10.1086/305443 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 497 (1) ◽

pp. 342-353 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

Andisheh Mahdavi ◽

Scott J. Kenyon

Keyword(s):

T Tauri Stars ◽

T Tauri

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Very Low-Luminosity Objects in Star-Forming Regions

Highlights of Astronomy ◽

10.1017/s1539299600021626 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 423-424

Author(s):

Motohide Tamura ◽

Yoichi Itoh ◽

Yumiko Oasa ◽

Alan Tokunaga ◽

Koji Sugitani

Keyword(s):

Brown Dwarfs ◽

Mass Function ◽

T Tauri Stars ◽

Initial Mass Function ◽

Formation Mechanisms ◽

Star Forming ◽

Star Forming Regions ◽

T Tauri ◽

Low Mass ◽

Stellar Sources

Abstract In order to tackle the problems of low-mass end of the initial mass function (IMF) in star-forming regions and the formation mechanisms of brown dwarfs, we have conducted deep infrared surveys of nearby molecular clouds. We have found a significant population of very low-luminosity sources with IR excesses in the Taurus cloud and the Chamaeleon cloud core regions whose extinction corrected J magnitudes are 3 to 8 mag fainter than those of typical T Tauri stars in the same cloud. Some of them are associated with even fainter companions. Follow-up IR spectroscopy has confirmed for the selected sources that their photospheric temperature is around 2000 to 3000 K. Thus, these very low-luminosity young stellar sources are most likely very low-mass T Tauri stars, and some of them might even be young brown dwarfs.

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Variability of young stellar objects in the star-forming region Pelican Nebula

Astronomy and Astrophysics ◽

10.1051/0004-6361/201935418 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 627 ◽

pp. A135 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

A. Bhardwaj ◽

N. Panwar ◽

G. J. Herczeg ◽

W. P. Chen ◽

H. P. Singh

Keyword(s):

Main Sequence ◽

T Tauri Stars ◽

Young Stellar Objects ◽

Spectral Energy ◽

Physical Parameters ◽

Main Sequence Stars ◽

Stellar Objects ◽

Star Forming ◽

T Tauri ◽

Optical Wavelengths

Context. Pre-main-sequence variability characteristics can be used to probe the physical processes leading to the formation and initial evolution of both stars and planets. Aims. The photometric variability of pre-main-sequence stars is studied at optical wavelengths to explore star–disk interactions, accretion, spots, and other physical mechanisms associated with young stellar objects. Methods. We observed a field of 16′ × 16′ in the star-forming region Pelican Nebula (IC 5070) at BVRI wavelengths for 90 nights spread over one year in 2012−2013. More than 250 epochs in the VRI bands are used to identify and classify variables up to V ∼ 21 mag. Their physical association with the cluster IC 5070 is established based on the parallaxes and proper motions from the Gaia second data release (DR2). Multiwavelength photometric data are used to estimate physical parameters based on the isochrone fitting and spectral energy distributions. Results. We present a catalog of optical time-series photometry with periods, mean magnitudes, and classifications for 95 variable stars including 67 pre-main-sequence variables towards star-forming region IC 5070. The pre-main-sequence variables are further classified as candidate classical T Tauri and weak-line T Tauri stars based on their light curve variations and the locations on the color-color and color-magnitude diagrams using optical and infrared data together with Gaia DR2 astrometry. Classical T Tauri stars display variability amplitudes up to three times the maximum fluctuation in disk-free weak-line T Tauri stars, which show strong periodic variations. Short-term variability is missed in our photometry within single nights. Several classical T Tauri stars display long-lasting (≥10 days) single or multiple fading and brightening events of up to two magnitudes at optical wavelengths. The typical mass and age of the pre-main-sequence variables from the isochrone fitting and spectral energy distributions are estimated to be ≤1 M⊙ and ∼2 Myr, respectively. We do not find any correlation between the optical amplitudes or periods with the physical parameters (mass and age) of pre-main-sequence stars. Conclusions. The low-mass pre-main-sequence stars in the Pelican Nebula region display distinct variability and color trends and nearly 30% of the variables exhibit strong periodic signatures attributed to cold spot modulations. In the case of accretion bursts and extinction events, the average amplitudes are larger than one magnitude at optical wavelengths. These optical magnitude fluctuations are stable on a timescale of one year.

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