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Analysis of star-disk interaction in young stellar systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2014

Nathalia N. J. Fonseca ,
Silvia H. P. Alencar  and
Jérôme Bouvier
Nathalia N. J. Fonseca
Affiliation:
Departamento de Física – ICEx – UFMG, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, 30270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil email: nath@fisica.ufmg.br UJF-Grenoble 1/CNRS-INSU, Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG), UMR 5274, Grenoble, F-38041, France
Silvia H. P. Alencar
Affiliation:
Departamento de Física – ICEx – UFMG, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, 30270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil email: nath@fisica.ufmg.br
Jérôme Bouvier
Affiliation:
UJF-Grenoble 1/CNRS-INSU, Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG), UMR 5274, Grenoble, F-38041, France
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Abstract

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We present preliminary results of the study of star-disk interaction in the classical T Tauri star V354 Mon, a member of the young stellar cluster NGC 2264. As part of an international campaign of observations of NGC 2264 organized from December 2011 to February 2012, high resolution photometric and spectroscopic data of this object were obtained simultaneously with the Chandra, CoRoT and Spitzer satellites, and ground-based telescopes, such as CFHT and ESO/VLT. The optical and infrared light curves of V354 Mon show periodic brightness minima that vary in depth and width every 5.21 days rotational cycle. We found evidence that the Hα emission line profile changes according to the period of photometric variations, indicating that the same phenomenon causes both modulations. Such correlation was also identified in a previous observational campaign on the same object, where we concluded that material non-uniformly distributed in the inner part of the disk is the main cause of the photometric modulation. This assumption is supported by the fact that the system is seen at high inclination. It is believed that this distortion of the inner part of the disk results from the dynamical interaction between the stellar magnetosphere, inclined with respect to the rotation axis, and the circumstellar disk, as also observed in the classical T Tauri star AA Tau, and predicted by magnetohydrodynamic numerical simulations. A model of occultation by circumstellar material was applied to the photometric data in order to determine the parameters of the obscuring material during both observational campaigns, thus providing an investigation of its stability on a timescale of a few years. We also studied V422 Mon, a classical T Tauri star with photometric variations similar to those of V354 Mon at optical wavelengths, but with a distinct behavior in the infrared. The mechanism that produces such a difference is investigated, testing the predictions of magnetospheric accretion models.

Keywords

stars: pre-main sequencetechniques: photometrictechniques: spectroscopicaccretionaccretion disks
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Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 9 , Symposium S302: Magnetic Fields throughout Stellar Evolution , August 2013 , pp. 50 - 53
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2014 

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