一个旧的磁盘仍然能够形成一个行星系统
Edwin A Bergin1, L Ilsedore Cleeves, Uma Gorti
1Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA. ebergin@umich.edu
Nature
|February 1, 2013
概括
天文学家在TW Hydrae盘中检测到二化物,揭示了一种超过0.05太阳质量的气体质量. 这一发现表明,磁盘中有足够的物质来形成像我们太阳系中的行星一样的行星.
科学领域:
- 行星科学 行星科学
- 天体物理学 天体物理学
- 天体化学是天体化学.
背景情况:
- 估计原行星盘的质量对于理解行星形成至关重要.
- 目前使用尘埃热排放和一氧化碳线路的方法,由于尘埃的特性和气体与尘埃的比率不明,导致气体质量估计不确定.
- 以前对TW Hydrae盘的质量估计有很大的差异,从0.0005到0.06太阳质量不等.
研究的目的:
- 为了准确地确定围绕TW Hydrae恒星的原行星盘的气体质量.
- 为了利用二甲作为可靠的跟踪器磁盘气体质量估计.
- 为了评估磁盘质量是否足以形成与我们自己相似的行星系统.
主要方法:
- 在TW Hydrae盘中检测了二化物 (HD) 的基本旋转转变.
- 将观测数据与磁盘属性的详细建模相结合.
- 利用HD对总气体质量的敏感性及其分布反映分子.
主要成果:
- 从TW Hydrae磁盘成功检测出二甲排放.
- 推导的磁盘质量估计大于0.05太阳质量.
- 这种质量表明有大量可用于行星形成的气体储备.
结论:
- 二甲是确定原行星盘气体质量的有效标记物.
- TW Hydrae盘的质量足以形成一个类似太阳系的行星系统.
- 这项研究完善了原行星盘的质量估计技术,并提供了对行星形成潜力的见解.
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