Measuring the magnetic field of the classical T Tauri star TW Hydrae

被引:52
作者
Yang, H
Johns-Krull, CM
Valenti, JA
机构
[1] Rice Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Houston, TX 77005 USA
[2] Space Telescope Sci Inst, Baltimore, MD 21210 USA
关键词
infrared : stars; stars : individual (TW Hydrae); stars : magnetic fields; stars : pre-main sequence;
D O I
10.1086/497070
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We present infrared (IR) and optical echelle spectra of the classical T Tauri star TW Hydrae. Using the optical data, we perform detailed spectrum synthesis to fit atomic and molecular absorption lines and determine key stellar parameters: T-eff = 4126 +/- 24 K, log g = 4.84 +/- 0.16, [M/H] = -0.10 +/- 0.12, and log g = 5.8 +/- 0.6 km s(-1). The IR spectrum is used to look for Zeeman broadening of photospheric absorption lines. We fit four Zeeman-sensitive Ti I lines near 2.2 mu m and find that the average value of the magnetic field over the entire surface is B = 2.61 +/- 0.23 kG. In addition, several nearby magnetically insensitive CO lines show no excess broadening above that produced by stellar rotation and instrumental broadening, reinforcing the magnetic interpretation for the width of the Ti I lines. We carry out extensive tests to quantify systematic errors in our analysis technique that may result from inaccurate knowledge of the effective temperature or gravity, finding that reasonable errors in these quantities produce a similar to 10% uncertainty in the mean field measurement.
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页码:466 / 475
页数:10
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