Calahan, JK;
Bergin, E;
Zhang, K;
Teague, R;
Cleeves, I;
Bergner, J;
Blake, GA;
... Wilner, D; + view all
(2021)
The TW Hya Rosetta Stone Project. III. Resolving the Gaseous Thermal Profile of the Disk.
The Astrophysical Journal
, 908
(1)
, Article 8. 10.3847/1538-4357/abd255.
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Abstract
The thermal structure of protoplanetary disks is a fundamental characteristic of the system that has wide-reaching effects on disk evolution and planet formation. In this study, we constrain the 2D thermal structure of the protoplanetary disk TW Hya structure utilizing images of seven CO lines. This includes new ALMA observations of 12CO J = 2–1 and C18O J = 2–1 as well as archival ALMA observations of 12CO J = 3–2, 13CO J = 3–2 and 6–5, and C18O J = 3–2 and 6–5. Additionally, we reproduce a Herschel observation of the HD J = 1–0 line flux and the spectral energy distribution and utilize a recent quantification of CO radial depletion in TW Hya. These observations were modeled using the thermochemical code RAC2D, and our best-fit model reproduces all spatially resolved CO surface brightness profiles. The resulting thermal profile finds a disk mass of 0.025 M⊙ and a thin upper layer of gas depleted of small dust with a thickness of ~1.2% of the corresponding radius. Using our final thermal structure, we find that CO alone is not a viable mass tracer, as its abundance is degenerate with the total H2 surface density. Different mass models can readily match the spatially resolved CO line profiles with disparate abundance assumptions. Mass determination requires additional knowledge, and, in this work, HD provides the additional constraint to derive the gas mass and support the inference of CO depletion in the TW Hya disk. Our final thermal structure confirms the use of HD as a powerful probe of protoplanetary disk mass. Additionally, the method laid out in this paper is an employable strategy for extraction of disk temperatures and masses in the future.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The TW Hya Rosetta Stone Project. III. Resolving the Gaseous Thermal Profile of the Disk |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3847/1538-4357/abd255 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abd255 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Protoplanetary disks; Astrochemistry |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10124280 |
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