Rotational Velocities and Radii Estimates of Low-Mass Pre-Main Sequence Stars in NGC 2264
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| author | Gray, Laurin M. Rhode, Katherine L. Hamilton-Drager, Catrina M. Picard, Tiffany Rebull, Luisa M. |
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| contents | Investigating the angular momentum evolution of pre-main sequence (PMS) stars provides important insight into the interactions between Sun-like stars and their protoplanetary disks, and the timescales that govern disk dissipation and planet formation. We present projected rotational velocities (v sin i values) of 254 T Tauri stars (TTSs) in the ~3 Myr-old open cluster NGC 2264, measured using high-dispersion spectra from the WIYN 3.5m telescope's Hydra instrument. We combine these with literature values of temperature, rotation period, luminosity, disk classification, and binarity. We find some evidence that Weak-lined TTSs may rotate faster than their Classical TTS counterparts and that stars in binary systems may rotate faster than single stars. We also combine our v sin i measurements with rotation period to estimate the projected stellar radii of our sample stars, and then use a maximum likelihood modeling technique to compare our radii estimates to predicted values from stellar evolution models. We find that starspot-free models tend to underestimate the radii of the PMS stars at the age of the cluster, while models that incorporate starspots are more successful. We also observe a mass dependence in the degree of radius inflation, which may be a result of differences in the birthline location on the HR diagram. Our study of NGC 2264 serves as a pilot study for analysis methods to be applied to four other clusters ranging in age from 1 to 14 Myr, which is the timescale over which protoplanetary disks dissipate and planetary systems begin to form. |
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| spellingShingle | Rotational Velocities and Radii Estimates of Low-Mass Pre-Main Sequence Stars in NGC 2264 Gray, Laurin M. Rhode, Katherine L. Hamilton-Drager, Catrina M. Picard, Tiffany Rebull, Luisa M. Solar and Stellar Astrophysics Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Astrophysics of Galaxies Investigating the angular momentum evolution of pre-main sequence (PMS) stars provides important insight into the interactions between Sun-like stars and their protoplanetary disks, and the timescales that govern disk dissipation and planet formation. We present projected rotational velocities (v sin i values) of 254 T Tauri stars (TTSs) in the ~3 Myr-old open cluster NGC 2264, measured using high-dispersion spectra from the WIYN 3.5m telescope's Hydra instrument. We combine these with literature values of temperature, rotation period, luminosity, disk classification, and binarity. We find some evidence that Weak-lined TTSs may rotate faster than their Classical TTS counterparts and that stars in binary systems may rotate faster than single stars. We also combine our v sin i measurements with rotation period to estimate the projected stellar radii of our sample stars, and then use a maximum likelihood modeling technique to compare our radii estimates to predicted values from stellar evolution models. We find that starspot-free models tend to underestimate the radii of the PMS stars at the age of the cluster, while models that incorporate starspots are more successful. We also observe a mass dependence in the degree of radius inflation, which may be a result of differences in the birthline location on the HR diagram. Our study of NGC 2264 serves as a pilot study for analysis methods to be applied to four other clusters ranging in age from 1 to 14 Myr, which is the timescale over which protoplanetary disks dissipate and planetary systems begin to form. |
| title | Rotational Velocities and Radii Estimates of Low-Mass Pre-Main Sequence Stars in NGC 2264 |
| topic | Solar and Stellar Astrophysics Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Astrophysics of Galaxies |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.05401 |