A JWST/MIRI analysis of the ice distribution and PAH emission in the protoplanetary disk HH 48 NE

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Hauptverfasser: Sturm, J. A., McClure, M. K., Harsono, D., Bergner, J. B., Dartois, E., Boogert, A. C. A., Cordiner, M. A., Drozdovskaya, M. N., Ioppolo, S., Law, C. J., Lis, D. C., McGuire, B. A., Melnick, G. J., Noble, J. A., Öberg, K. I., Palumbo, M. E., Pendleton, Y. J., Perotti, G., Rocha, W. R. M., Urso, R. G., van Dishoeck, E. F.
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author Sturm, J. A.
McClure, M. K.
Harsono, D.
Bergner, J. B.
Dartois, E.
Boogert, A. C. A.
Cordiner, M. A.
Drozdovskaya, M. N.
Ioppolo, S.
Law, C. J.
Lis, D. C.
McGuire, B. A.
Melnick, G. J.
Noble, J. A.
Öberg, K. I.
Palumbo, M. E.
Pendleton, Y. J.
Perotti, G.
Rocha, W. R. M.
Urso, R. G.
van Dishoeck, E. F.
author_facet Sturm, J. A.
McClure, M. K.
Harsono, D.
Bergner, J. B.
Dartois, E.
Boogert, A. C. A.
Cordiner, M. A.
Drozdovskaya, M. N.
Ioppolo, S.
Law, C. J.
Lis, D. C.
McGuire, B. A.
Melnick, G. J.
Noble, J. A.
Öberg, K. I.
Palumbo, M. E.
Pendleton, Y. J.
Perotti, G.
Rocha, W. R. M.
Urso, R. G.
van Dishoeck, E. F.
contents Ice-coated dust grains provide the main reservoir of volatiles that play an important role in planet formation processes and may become incorporated into planetary atmospheres. However, due to observational challenges, the ice abundance distribution in protoplanetary disks is not well constrained. We present JWST/MIRI observations of the edge-on disk HH 48 NE carried out as part of the IRS program Ice Age. We detect CO$_2$, NH$_3$, H$_2$O and tentatively CH$_4$ and NH$_4^+$. Radiative transfer models suggest that ice absorption features are produced predominantly in the 50-100 au region of the disk. The CO$_2$ feature at 15 micron probes a region closer to the midplane (z/r = 0.1-0.15) than the corresponding feature at 4.3 micron (z/r = 0.2-0.6), but all observations trace regions significantly above the midplane reservoirs where we expect the bulk of the ice mass to be located. Ices must reach a high scale height (z/r ~ 0.6; corresponding to modeled dust extinction Av ~ 0.1), in order to be consistent with the observed vertical distribution of the peak ice optical depths. The weakness of the CO$_2$ feature at 15 micron relative to the 4.3 micron feature and the red emission wing of the 4.3 micron CO$_2$ feature are both consistent with ices being located at high elevation in the disk. The retrieved NH$_3$ abundance and the upper limit on the CH$_3$OH abundance relative to H$_2$O are significantly lower than those in the interstellar medium (ISM), but consistent with cometary observations. Full wavelength coverage is required to properly study the abundance distribution of ices in disks. To explain the presence of ices at high disk altitudes, we propose two possible scenarios: a disk wind that entrains sufficient amounts of dust, thus blocking part of the stellar UV radiation, or vertical mixing that cycles enough ices into the upper disk layers to balance ice photodesorption.
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spellingShingle A JWST/MIRI analysis of the ice distribution and PAH emission in the protoplanetary disk HH 48 NE
Sturm, J. A.
McClure, M. K.
Harsono, D.
Bergner, J. B.
Dartois, E.
Boogert, A. C. A.
Cordiner, M. A.
Drozdovskaya, M. N.
Ioppolo, S.
Law, C. J.
Lis, D. C.
McGuire, B. A.
Melnick, G. J.
Noble, J. A.
Öberg, K. I.
Palumbo, M. E.
Pendleton, Y. J.
Perotti, G.
Rocha, W. R. M.
Urso, R. G.
van Dishoeck, E. F.
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Ice-coated dust grains provide the main reservoir of volatiles that play an important role in planet formation processes and may become incorporated into planetary atmospheres. However, due to observational challenges, the ice abundance distribution in protoplanetary disks is not well constrained. We present JWST/MIRI observations of the edge-on disk HH 48 NE carried out as part of the IRS program Ice Age. We detect CO$_2$, NH$_3$, H$_2$O and tentatively CH$_4$ and NH$_4^+$. Radiative transfer models suggest that ice absorption features are produced predominantly in the 50-100 au region of the disk. The CO$_2$ feature at 15 micron probes a region closer to the midplane (z/r = 0.1-0.15) than the corresponding feature at 4.3 micron (z/r = 0.2-0.6), but all observations trace regions significantly above the midplane reservoirs where we expect the bulk of the ice mass to be located. Ices must reach a high scale height (z/r ~ 0.6; corresponding to modeled dust extinction Av ~ 0.1), in order to be consistent with the observed vertical distribution of the peak ice optical depths. The weakness of the CO$_2$ feature at 15 micron relative to the 4.3 micron feature and the red emission wing of the 4.3 micron CO$_2$ feature are both consistent with ices being located at high elevation in the disk. The retrieved NH$_3$ abundance and the upper limit on the CH$_3$OH abundance relative to H$_2$O are significantly lower than those in the interstellar medium (ISM), but consistent with cometary observations. Full wavelength coverage is required to properly study the abundance distribution of ices in disks. To explain the presence of ices at high disk altitudes, we propose two possible scenarios: a disk wind that entrains sufficient amounts of dust, thus blocking part of the stellar UV radiation, or vertical mixing that cycles enough ices into the upper disk layers to balance ice photodesorption.
title A JWST/MIRI analysis of the ice distribution and PAH emission in the protoplanetary disk HH 48 NE
topic Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.09627