JWST MIRI/MRS Observations of T Cha: Discovery of a Spatially Resolved Disk Wind
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| author | Bajaj, Naman S. Pascucci, Ilaria Gorti, Uma Alexander, Richard Sellek, Andrew Morrison, Jane Gaspar, Andras Clarke, Cathie Xie, Chengyan Ballabio, Giulia Deng, Dingshan |
| author_facet | Bajaj, Naman S. Pascucci, Ilaria Gorti, Uma Alexander, Richard Sellek, Andrew Morrison, Jane Gaspar, Andras Clarke, Cathie Xie, Chengyan Ballabio, Giulia Deng, Dingshan |
| contents | Understanding when and how circumstellar disks disperse is crucial to constrain planet formation and migration. Thermal winds powered by high-energy stellar photons have long been theorized to drive disk dispersal. However, evidence for these winds is currently based only on small (~3-6 km/s) blue-shifts in [Ne II] 12.81 um lines, which does not exclude MHD winds. We report JWST MIRI MRS spectro-imaging of T Cha, a disk with a large dust gap (~30 au in radius) and blue-shifted [Ne II] emission. We detect four forbidden noble gas lines, [Ar II], [Ar III], [Ne II], and [Ne III], of which [Ar III] is the first detection in any protoplanetary disk. We use line flux ratios to constrain the energy of the ionizing photons and find that Argon is ionized by EUV whereas Neon is most likely ionized by X-rays. After performing continuum and Point Spread Function (PSF) subtraction on the IFU cube, we discover a spatial extension in the [Ne II] emission off the disk continuum emission. This is the first spatially resolved [Ne II] disk wind emission. The mostly ionic spectrum of T Cha, in combination with the extended [Ne II] emission, points to an evolved stage for any inner MHD wind and is consistent with the existence of an outer thermal wind ionized and driven by high-energy stellar photons. This work acts as a pathfinder for future observations aiming at investigating disk dispersal using JWST. |
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| spellingShingle | JWST MIRI/MRS Observations of T Cha: Discovery of a Spatially Resolved Disk Wind Bajaj, Naman S. Pascucci, Ilaria Gorti, Uma Alexander, Richard Sellek, Andrew Morrison, Jane Gaspar, Andras Clarke, Cathie Xie, Chengyan Ballabio, Giulia Deng, Dingshan Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Solar and Stellar Astrophysics Understanding when and how circumstellar disks disperse is crucial to constrain planet formation and migration. Thermal winds powered by high-energy stellar photons have long been theorized to drive disk dispersal. However, evidence for these winds is currently based only on small (~3-6 km/s) blue-shifts in [Ne II] 12.81 um lines, which does not exclude MHD winds. We report JWST MIRI MRS spectro-imaging of T Cha, a disk with a large dust gap (~30 au in radius) and blue-shifted [Ne II] emission. We detect four forbidden noble gas lines, [Ar II], [Ar III], [Ne II], and [Ne III], of which [Ar III] is the first detection in any protoplanetary disk. We use line flux ratios to constrain the energy of the ionizing photons and find that Argon is ionized by EUV whereas Neon is most likely ionized by X-rays. After performing continuum and Point Spread Function (PSF) subtraction on the IFU cube, we discover a spatial extension in the [Ne II] emission off the disk continuum emission. This is the first spatially resolved [Ne II] disk wind emission. The mostly ionic spectrum of T Cha, in combination with the extended [Ne II] emission, points to an evolved stage for any inner MHD wind and is consistent with the existence of an outer thermal wind ionized and driven by high-energy stellar photons. This work acts as a pathfinder for future observations aiming at investigating disk dispersal using JWST. |
| title | JWST MIRI/MRS Observations of T Cha: Discovery of a Spatially Resolved Disk Wind |
| topic | Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Solar and Stellar Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.01060 |