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H2 Mid-IR Pure Rotational Emission from Young Stars: The TEXES/IRTF Survey | | Matthew J. Richter
; John H. Lacy
; Thomas K. Greathouse
; Daniel T. Jaffe
; Geoffrey A. Blake
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15 Mar 2004 | | Subject: | astro-ph | | Affiliation: | UC Davis, UT Austin, CalTech | | Abstract: | We describe the TEXES survey for mid-IR H2 pure rotational emission from young stars and report early successes. H2 emission is a potential tracer of warm gas in circumstellar disks. Three pure rotational lines are available from the ground: the J=3=>1, J=4=>2, and J=6=>4, transitions at 17.035 microns, 12.279 microns, and 8.025 microns, respectively. Using TEXES at the NASA IRTF 3m, we are midway through a survey of roughly 30 pre-main-sequence stars. To date, detected lines are all resolved, generally with FWHM<10 km/s. Preliminary analysis suggests the gas temperatures are between 400 and 800 K. From the work so far, we conclude that high spectral and spatial resolution are critical to the investigation of H2 in disks. | | Source: | arXiv, astro-ph/0403349 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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