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Detection of Molecular Hydrogen Emission Associated with LkHalpha 264

Astrophysics 2015-06-24 v1

Abstract

We have detected emission of molecular hydrogen from a classical T Tauri star, LkHalpha 264 in the v=1-0 S(1) line at 2.122 micron. The line velocity is coincident with the rest velocity of the star. The line profile is well reproduced by a model in which the line emanates from material in a Keplerian rotating circumstellar disk. Fluorescence by X-ray ionization and shock excitation due to accretion or a low-velocity wind are considered for the emission mechanism of molecular hydrogen.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0310314,
  title  = {Detection of Molecular Hydrogen Emission Associated with LkHalpha 264},
  author = {Yoichi Itoh and Koji Sugitani and Katsuo Ogura and Motohide Tamura},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0310314},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

10 pages. Accepted to PASJ