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A gas density drop in the inner 6 AU of the transition disk around the Herbig Ae star HD 139614: Further evidence for a giant planet inside the disk? | A. Carmona
; W.F. Thi
; I. Kamp
; C. Baruteau
; A. Matter
; M. van den Ancker
; C. Pinte
; A. Kóspál
; M. Audard
; A. Liebhart
; A. Sicilia-Aguilar
; P. Pinilla
; Zs. Regály
; M. Güdel
; Th. Henning
; L.A. Cieza
; C. Baldovin-Saavedra
; G. Meeus
; C. Eiroa
; | Date: |
21 Sep 2016 | Abstract: | Context: Quantifying the gas content inside the dust gaps of transition disks
is important to establish their origin. Aims: We seek to constrain the surface
density of warm gas in the disk of HD 139614, a Herbig Ae star with a
transition disk exhibiting a dust gap from 2.3 to 6 AU. Methods: We have
obtained ESO/VLT CRIRES high-resolution spectra of CO ro-vibrational emission.
We derive disk structure constraints by modeling the line profiles, the
spectroastrometric signal, and the rotational diagrams using flat Keplerian
disk models. Results: We detected v=1-0 12CO, 2-1 12CO, 1-0 13CO, 1-0 C18O, and
1-0 C17O ro-vibrational lines. 12CO v=1-0 lines have an average width of 14
km/s, Tgas of 450 K and an emitting region from 1 to 15 AU. 13CO and C18O lines
are on average 70 and 100 K colder, 1 and 4 km/s narrower, and are dominated by
emission at R>6 AU. The 12CO v=1-0 line profile indicates that if there is a
gap in the gas it must be narrower than 2 AU. We find that a drop in the gas
surface density (delta_gas) at R=5-6 AU is required to reproduce the line
profiles and rotational diagrams of the three CO isotopologues simultaneously.
Delta_gas can range from 10^-2 to 10^-4 depending on the outer disk’s
gas-to-dust ratio. We find that at 1<R<6 AU the gas surface density profile is
flat or increases with radius. We derive a gas column density at 1<R<6 AU of
NH=5x10^19 - 10^21 cm^-2. We find a 5sigma upper limit on NCO at R<1 AU of
5x10^15 cm^-2 (NH<5x10^19 cm^-2). Conclusions: The dust gap in the disk of HD
139614 has gas. The gas surface density in the disk at R<6 AU is significantly
lower than the surface density expected from HD 139614’s accretion rate
assuming a viscous alpha-disk model. The gas density drop, the non-negative
density gradient of the gas inside 6 AU, and the absence of a wide (>2 AU) gas
gap suggest the presence of an embedded <2 MJ planet at around 4 AU. | Source: | arXiv, 1609.6708 | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites |
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