Spectro-Astrometry of Water in Dr Tauri

Logan R. Brown; Matthew R. Troutman; Erika L. Gibb

doi:10.1088/2041-8205/770/1/L14

Spectro-Astrometry of Water in Dr Tauri

Logan R. Brown, Matthew R. Troutman, Erika L. Gibb

University of Missouri-St. Louis

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Abstract

We present high-resolution, near-infrared spectro-astrometric (SA) data for the T Tauri star DR Tau using NIRSPEC at the Keck II telescope. Spectro-astrometry obtains sub-seeing spatial information from emission lines originating in a non-point source object, such as a circumstellar disk. We report the first detection of water SA signatures in a protoplanetary disk. Three water features near 3 μm were averaged together to produce the total signal analyzed. Using a disk model, we constrained the position angle of the disk (~140°), the inclination of the disk (~13°), and the emitting region of the emission lines (~0.056-0.38 AU).

Original language	American English
Journal	The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Volume	770
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/770/1/L14
State	Published - May 28 2013

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Astrophysics and Astronomy

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