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High-Resolution Spectroscopy of Winds Associated with T Tauri Stars

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2020-06-09 v2 Astrophysics of Galaxies

Abstract

We carried out optical high-resolution spectroscopy of T Tauri stars using the Subaru Telescope. Using archived data from the Keck Telescope and the Very Large Telescope, we detected forbidden lines of [S II] at 4069 A, in addition to those of [O I] at 5577 A and 6300 A, for 13 T Tauri stars. We consider that low-velocity components of these forbidden lines emanate from the wind associated with T Tauri stars. Using two flux ratios of the three lines, we simultaneously determined the hydrogen density and temperature of the winds. The winds of T Tauri stars have a hydrogen density of 2.5×1062.5 \times 10^{6} cm3^{-3} - 2.5×1092.5 \times 10^{9} cm3^{-3} and a temperature of 10800 -18000 K. The mass loss rates by the wind are estimated to lie in the range from 2.0×10102.0 \times 10^{-10} M_{\odot} yr1^{-1} to 1.4×1091.4 \times 10^{-9} M_{\odot} yr1^{-1}. The mass loss rates are found to increase with increasing mass accretion rates. The ratio of the mass loss rate to the mass accretion rate is 0.001-0.1 for classical T Tauri stars and 0.1-1 for transitional disk objects.

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@article{arxiv.2006.01124,
  title  = {High-Resolution Spectroscopy of Winds Associated with T Tauri Stars},
  author = {Naoto Iguchi and Yoichi Itoh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.01124},
  year   = {2020}
}