Accretion Disks around Young Stars:
Lifetimes, Disk Locking and Variability
arXiv:astro-ph/0605601v1 23 May 2006
Ray Jayawardhana, Jaime Coffey, Alexander Scholz,
Alexis Brandeker & Marten H. van Kerkwijk
Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
M5S3H8, Canada
rayjay@astro.utoronto.ca
ABSTRACT
We report the findings of a comprehensive study of disk accretion and related
phenomena in four of the nearest young stellar associations spanning 6-30 million
years in age, an epoch that may coincide with the late stages of planet formation.
We have obtained ∼650 multi-epoch high-resolution optical spectra of 100 lowmass stars that are likely members of the η Chamaeleontis (∼6 Myr), TW Hydrae
(∼8 Myr), β Pictoris (∼12 Myr) and Tucanae-Horologium (∼30 Myr) groups.
Our data were collected over 12 nights between 2004 December - 2005 July on the
Magellan Clay 6.5m telescope. Based on Hα line profiles, along with a variety of
other emission lines, we find clear evidence of on-going accretion in three out of
11 η Cha stars and two out of 32 TW Hydrae members. None of the 57 β Pic or
Tuc-Hor members shows measurable signs of accretion. Together, these results
imply significant evolution of the disk accretion process within the first several
Myr of a low-mass star’s life. While a few disks can continue to accrete for up
to ∼10 Myr, our findings suggest that disks accreting for beyond that timescale
are rather rare. This result provides an indirect constraint on the timescale
for gas dissipation in inner disks and, in turn, on gas giant planet formation.
All accretors in our sample are slow rotators, whereas non-accretors cover a large
range in rotational velocities. This may hint at rotational braking by disks at ages
up to ∼8 Myr. Our multi-epoch spectra confirm that emission-line variability
is common even in somewhat older T Tauri stars, among which accretors tend
to show particularly strong variations. Thus, our results indicate that accretion
and wind activity undergo significant and sustained variations throughout the
lifetime of accretion disks.
Subject headings: accretion, accretion disks — planetary systems — circumstellar matter – stars: formation, low-mass, brown dwarfs — open clusters and
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associations: individual (η Chamaeleontis, TW Hydrae, β Pictoris, TucanaeHorologium)
1.
Introduction
Since planets are born in circumstellar disks, studies of disk evolution can provide useful
constraints on the timescale for planet formation. The recently identified young stellar
associations, located within 100 pc of the Sun and spanning the critical age range of ∼5
to 30 million years (Myr), constitute superb targets for such investigations. The growing
consensus, primarily from infrared observations of these groups and other young clusters, is
that (at least) the inner disks are cleared of small dust grains within the first 6–10 Myr (e.g.
Haisch, Lada, & Lada 2001; Jayawardhana et al. 1999b; Haisch, Jayawardhana, & Alves
2005). Unfortunately, little is known about the timescale for the dissipation of gas, which
accounts for ∼99% of the disk mass and is crucial for building giant planets. That is because
cold molecular gas, especially H2 , is hard to detect (e.g., Richter et al. 2002). It is possible
to determine the presence of gas in the inner disk, albeit indirectly, from evidence of gas
being accreted from the inner disk edge on to the central star. Perhaps the most readily seen
signature of infalling gas in low mass stars and brown dwarfs is a broad, asymmetric and,
usually, strong Hα emission line, though other diagnostic lines have also been identified (e.g.
Muzerolle, Calvet, & Hartmann 2001; Jayawardhana, Mohanty, & Basri 2003). The presence
or absence of accretion signatures, thus, provides a valuable probe of inner disk evolution: By
comparing the fraction of objects with signs of ongoing accretion in star forming regions at
different ages, it is possible to obtain constraints on gas dissipation timescales. Furthermore,
the study of accretion also gives us insight into the connection between the central star and
its circumstellar disk, presumably through a magnetic field.
Here we report on a comprehensive study of disk accretion and related phenomena in
four nearby associations of young stars: η Chamaeleontis (η Cha; ∼6 Myr), β Pictoris (β
Pic; ∼12 Myr), TW Hydrae (TWA; ∼8 Myr) and Tucanae-Horologium (Tuc-Hor; ∼30 Myr).
Many of these stars have been identified based on their X-ray emission and later confirmed as
young by the detection of Lithium in optical spectra. Their membership in the associations
is supported by several lines of evidence, including measurements of radial velocities, proper
motions and distances (when possible). For a recent review of the properties of these groups,
see Zuckerman & Song (2004). By investigating accretion in those four associations spanning
an age range from 6 to 30 Myr and combining the results with literature data for younger
regions (e.g. Mohanty, Jayawardhana, & Basri 2005), we are able to determine the fraction of
accretors as a function of age. The high-resolution, high signal-to-noise, multi-epoch spectra
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that we have collected allow us to distinguish accretors from non-accretors reliably, using
line shapes of Hα and other diagnostics. Since chromospheric activity influences the same
emission lines as accretion, ambiguity is unavoidable for a few objects, although in most cases
this problem can be mitigated by combining information from different lines and analysing
line profiles. In addition, we can identify spectroscopic binaries whose complex line profiles
may mimic accretion. In addition, by deriving projected rotational velocities (v sin i) for our
targets, we will explore for the first time whether there is any evidence for ‘disk locking’ –
i.e., for accretors being preferentially slow rotators – at these older ages. We are also able
to investigate time variability of emission lines in a number of objects.
2.
Observations and spectral analysis
We have obtained a total of ∼650 high-resolution spectra of 100 likely members of four
nearby associations – η Cha, TWA, β Pic and Tuc-Hor – with the echelle spectrograph MIKE
at the Magellan Clay 6.5-m telescope on Las Campanas, Chile. The data were collected
during four observing runs between 2004 December and 2005 July. The summary observing
log is given in Table 1.
MIKE is a double echelle slit spectrograph, consisting of blue and red arms. For this
accretion study, we concentrated on the red spectra, with coverage from 4900 Å to 9300 Å.
With no binning and using the 0.′′ 35 slit, our spectra have a resolution of R ∼ 60 000. The
pixel scale was 0.′′ 14 pix−1 in the spatial direction, and about 24 mÅ pix−1 at 6500 Å in the
spectral direction. One peculiarity of MIKE is that it produces slanted echelle spectra, that
is, the spatial direction of the projected slit is not aligned with the CCD columns. Moreover,
this tilt is wavelength dependent. We therefore developed a customized software package
in ESO-MIDAS to take the slant into account. The details of the reduction software and
procedures used will be described in a forthcoming paper.
Integration times were chosen so that the signal to noise ratio (S/N) & 80 per spectral
resolution element at 6500 Å, except for the brightest stars where this would have implied
an exposure shorter than 120 s. In those cases, we used the longest exposure time shorter
than 120 s that did not saturate the detector, giving S/N∼80–500, depending on seeing.
In this first of a series of papers, we focus on accretion-related emission lines in these
spectra. In particular, we have measured the equivalent width (EW) and the full-width at
10% of the peak (see Sect. 3) for the Hα emission line. Hα is perhaps the most widely
used accretion diagnostic, mainly because it is highly sensitive and detectable even in weak
accretors. However, the Hα feature is also affected by chromospheric flares and stellar winds,
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leading to complex and sometimes ambiguous behaviour. For the linewidth measurements,
the continuum level was determined by a linear fit to the continuum on both sides of the
Hα line. By measuring the EW in several continuum regions without strong features, we
estimate that the uncertainty of our EW values is on average 0.2 Å. For the 10% widths,
the errors are ∼ 5 km s−1 . We also looked for other diagnostics, such as He I (5876 and
6678 Å), O I (7773 and 8446 Å) and the Ca II triplet (8498, 8542 and 8662 Å). We measured
the projected rotational velocity (v sin i) of each of our targets by χ2 fitting with a “spunup” template of a slowly rotating standard. More details on the v sin i measurements will
be provided in a forthcoming paper.
3.
Accretion signatures
The strength of the Hα line has long been used to distinguish classical T Tauri stars
or accretors (EW > 10 Å) from weak-line T Tauri stars or non-accretors (EW < 10 Å). It
is believed, particularly in the context of the magnetospheric accretion scenario, that in
accretors Hα is produced in the gas falling in from the disk inner edge on to the star. In
non-accretors, Hα emission originates only from chromospheric activity, and thus is generally
weaker. Furthermore, the Hα profiles of accretors tend to be much broader, due to the high
velocity of the accreting gas as well as Stark broadening, and asymmetric, as a result of
inclination effects and/or absorption by a wind component.
Since the measured EW of Hα, and thus the threshold for classifying an object as an
“accretor”, depends on the spectral type, White & Basri (2003) proposed the full width of
the line at 10% of the peak (hereafter, 10% width) as a more robust diagnostic. Based on
the presence or absence of veiling in their stellar spectra, they proposed that 10% width
> 270 km s−1 indicates accretion. Using physical reasoning as well as empirical findings,
Jayawardhana, Mohanty, & Basri (2003) adopted 200 km s−1 as a more reasonable accretion
cutoff for the very low mass regime (i.e., brown dwarfs), but cautioned that it should be
used in combination with additional diagnostics whenever possible. Intriguingly, Natta et
al. (2004) have shown that the Hα 10% width correlates very well with the mass accretion
rate derived through other means. Thus, the 10% width appears to be not only a good
qualitative indicator of accretion but also gives a quantitative estimate of the infall rate.
Here we use both the EW and the 10% width as diagnostics, because accretion should affect
both values. On the other hand, if the line profile is broadened due to binarity or fast
rotation, we expect high 10% width but the EW should be comparable to those of nonaccretors. We also investigate the presence or absence of certain other emission lines – in
particular O I (8446 Å), He I (6678 Å) and Ca II (8662 Å) – that are often associated with
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accretion as well (see discussion and references in Mohanty, Jayawardhana, & Basri 2005).
Particularly the He I (6678 Å) emission feature appears to be a good indicator of ongoing
accretion: As shown by Gizis, Reid, & Hawley (2002), chromospherically active stars often
show this line in emission, but at a very weak level with EW below 0.25 Å. For our spectra,
this is in the range of our detection limit and thus not significant. In a few cases this line
has been reported to be in emission during chromospheric flare events (Montes et al. 1998;
Martin & Ardila 2001) with EW of a few Å; thus attributing non-persistent emission in
this line to accretion might be problematic. However, if we clearly detect He I (6678 Å) in
emission in all spectra for a given star, the object is very likely accreting.
We have measured the Hα EW and 10% width in all the spectra in hand for all latetype stars in our sample (see Sect. 2). For objects where we see Hα in emission, the average
values and their standard deviations are reported in Tables 2-5; the σEW gives an indication
of the line’s variability. We note that these values are in many cases clearly higher than
our measurement uncertainties (see Sect. 2), demonstrating that many stars in our sample
show emission line variability (see Sect. 6). The tables also indicate the presence of the He I
(6678 Å) emission feature, which is an additional diagnostic for ongoing accretion. In the
four panels of Fig. 1, we plot the Hα EW vs. 10% width for members of each of the four
stellar associations. This plot is a good way to identify likely accretors in each group, using
the criteria discussed above. We show Hα profiles for selected objects in Fig. 4 and 5.
Among η Cha cluster members, one star – ECHA J0843.3-7905 or η Cha 13 – shows
strong signs of accretion, with large Hα equivalent and 10% widths, comparable to those
seen in classical T Tauri stars, and a host of other broad emission lines. η Cha 9 also makes
the cut as an accretor, based on both its EW and 10% width as well as the presence of He I
(6678 Å). Two other members – η Cha 7 and 11 – exhibit broad lines wings, with 10% widths
above 300 km s−1 , but their emission is relatively weak (Fig. 4). Lyo et al. (2004) found η
Cha 7 to be a double-line spectroscopic binary. Our Hα profiles of it could well result from
the blending of two emission lines from the two binary components (Fig. 4). Besides, it does
not show any other accretion-related emission. Thus, we conclude that η Cha 7 is not an
accretor. The Hα profile of η Cha 11 also appears to consist of more than one component (see
Fig. 4 and Sect. 6), but this target does not show any other signs of binarity (Zuckerman
& Song 2004). Whether it is a binary or not, the broad red absorption feature in its Hα
profile, seen at several epochs, is hard to explain without invoking high-velocity infalling
material; therefore, we classify η Cha 11 as an accretor. The star η Cha 5 is at the boundary
between accretors and non-accretors. Of our five spectra of η Cha 5, only one shows broad
Hα (Fig. 4). The average 10% width is ∼200 kms−1 , i.e. well below the White & Basri
(2003) threshold. Furthermore, none of its spectra shows other definitive signs of accretion
such as He I (6678 Å) emission. Given these findings, we conclude that it is not accreting
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during our observations. On the other hand, Lawson, Lyo, & Muzerolle (2004) detect broad
Hα emission with more than 300 kms−1 10% width in a single spectrum and conclude that
η Cha 5 is accreting at a significant level. Thus, the status of this object is questionable; it
appears to show some sporadic accretion, indicating that accretion variability can be quite
substantial on long timescales. Since it is non-accreting in our multi-epoch spectra, we do
not count it as an accretor in the remainder of this paper.
Both ground-based and Spitzer mid-infrared data are available for members of the η
Cha group. The L’-band (3.8 µm) survey by Haisch, Jayawardhana, & Alves (2005) found
infrared excess for only two stars, η Cha 11 and 13, both of which we classify as accretors
above. The Spitzer IRAC photometry by Megeath et al. (2005) indicates 4-10µm excess
emission for four stars in our sample, η Cha 5, 9, 11, and 13 (called 15 in their paper), where
η Cha 5 and 9 show excess only at wavelengths > 4 µm. The IRAC colour excess for η Cha
5 confirms that it still might be able to accrete sporadically, as seen by Lawson, Lyo, &
Muzerolle (2004), but not in our spectra. It is intriguing that there is no L’-band, but IRAC
colour excess plus evidence for, at least sporadic, accretion in η Cha 5 and 9. This could
imply substantial grain growth and/or partial clearing of the inner disk, while they are still
accreting. Thus, these objects might have inner disks depleted of dust, but with substantial
amounts of gas. This may also be the case with the accreting star TW Hydrae (see below).
In the TW Hydrae association, two members – TW Hya and Hen 3-600A (TWA 3A) –
stand out as accretors based on their Hα emission as well as the presence of other emission
lines such as He I (6678 Å). Both had been identified before, though not in a systematic survey
(Muzerolle et al. 2000; Mohanty, Jayawardhana, & Barrado y Navascués 2003). Based on
mid-infrared photometry of TWA members known at the time, Jayawardhana et al. (1999b)
reported excesses consistent with inner disks for these two accretors (as well as the HD 98800
quadruple system and the A star HR 4796A; also see Jayawardhana et al. 1998). Recent
Spitzer photometry indicates that for both stars the SED does not turn over even by 160 µm,
again consistent with their status as stars with active accretion disks (Low et al. 2005). While
TW Hya is accreting, shows significant mid-infrared excess, and has a face-on disk resolved
in scattered light (e.g. Krist et al. 2000) and in the millimeter (Wilner et al. 2003), it appears
to lack near-infrared excess. Based on model fits to the spectral energy distribution (SED)
and the millimeter image, there is evidence for partial clearing of the innermost few AU of
its disk (Calvet et al. 2002). In the case of the Hen 3-600 binary system with roughly equal
mass companions (separation 1.′′ 4 or ∼70 AU), it is interesting that only the primary shows
signs of accretion as well as mid-infrared excess (Jayawardhana et al. 1999a).
Two more objects show emission line characteristics typical for accretors in at least a
few spectra: TWA 10 makes the cut as an accretor based on its EW, but the 10% width is
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at the borderline. A closer examination of the line profiles shows a burst-like event in our
time series (see Sect. 6). During this event, it has increased linewidth in Hα, He I (6678 Å)
emission as well as a strongly asymmetric profile, which is often seen in accreting T Tauri
stars. Another interesting case is TWA 5A: This object has broad Hα emission, but again
the values are influenced by a burst event in our time series. During this burst, both EW and
10% width clearly exceed the adopted border between accreting and non-accreting objects.
In the remaining spectra, the 10% width is still very high, but the EW is around or close
to 10 Å. Again, He I (6678 Å) is detected, but only during the burst event. We examine
the Hα variability of TWA 5A in detail in Sect. 6. TWA 5A has been suspected to be an
accretor previously, based on its broad and variable Hα emission (Mohanty, Jayawardhana,
& Barrado y Navascués 2003).
Although both TWA 10 and TWA 5A show emission line spectra resembling features
seen in accreting stars, the recent analysis of their infrared SEDs obtained from Spitzer casts
doubts on their spectroscopic classification as accretors (Low et al. 2005): For both objects,
the fluxes (or upper limits) at 24, 70, and 160 µm are consistent with pure photospheric
emission, without any evidence for excess emission due to disks. This clearly separates them
from the accretors TW Hya and Hen 3-600, whose infrared luminosities are enhanced by
several orders of magnitudes. Given the non-detection of a disk at mid- and far-infrared
wavelengths with the high sensitivity of Spitzer, ongoing accretion is unlikely for these two
objects. Thus we classify both of them as non-accretors. The striking, but not persistent
emission line spectrum is in both cases probably due to magnetic activity: As discussed
above, chromospheric flares can possibly lead to He I (6678 Å) as well as broad Hα emission.
Although it is still doubtful how a flare can also account for the profile variations seen in
TWA 10 and TWA 5A, chromospheric activity appears to be the best explanation for the
observed behaviour. The extremely broad Hα line of TWA 5A is additionally affected by
its fast rotation (see Sect. 5) and binarity: The object is a known roughly equal-mass
AO binary (Brandeker, Jayawardhana, & Najita 2003), and there are indications for one
of the components being a spectroscopic binary itself (Torres et al. 2003). These two cases
demonstrate that caution has to be applied when interpreting emission line spectra of young
stars. Multi-epoch, multi-wavelength data have to be used for a reliable characterization of
T Tauri stars.
Five other objects – TWA 6, 14, 17, 19B and 20 – have large 10% widths, but the
emission is rather weak. Our multi-epoch spectra show evidence of binarity in all five cases
(e.g., double-peaked Li I 6708 Å), suggesting that line broadening is the result of the blending
of two components rather than high-velocity infalling gas. Perhaps not surprisingly, the
same five, along with TWA 5A, have the largest measured v sin i in the group (see Tables
2-5), probably due to blending of absorption lines of the two components in the spectra.
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Furthermore, complementary accretion indicators like He I emission are absent (or seen in
absorption) in the spectra of these five objects. In summary, we conclude that TW Hya and
Hen 3-600A are the only accreting stars in our TWA sample. Additionally, one of the four
young brown dwarfs that are likely members of the TWA, 2MASSW J1207334-393254, is
also known to be accreting (Gizis 2002; Mohanty, Jayawardhana, & Barrado y Navascués
2003). We have analyzed its variable accretion signatures in two recent papers (Scholz,
Jayawardhana, & Brandeker 2005; Scholz & Jayawardhana 2006).
Of the β Pic moving group members in our sample, none shows definitive evidence of
on-going accretion. CD-64 1208 does have a large 10% width, but it is clearly a spectroscopic
binary, with line-blends accounting for the broad wings; its Li I absorption line is doublepeaked. The Hα EW is very small and it does not exhibit any other emission lines associated
with accretion. We note that AU Mic, which has a resolved dust disk (Kalas, Liu, &
Matthews 2004), does not appear to be accreting.
Among Tuc-Hor moving group members in our sample, two – CD-53544 and HIP 2729
– have large Hα 10% widths. We do not find evidence for binarity in either case, but both
are fast rotators, with v sin i ∼80 and ∼130 km s−1 , respectively. Neither exhibits other
accretion-related emission lines. The photospheric lines are clearly broadened by rotation,
and the same could account for the broad Hα. Thus, we do not find any accretors in the
Tuc-Hor group either. For this group, Mamajek et al. (2003) carried out a mid-infrared
survey, but did not find excess emission for any star, indicating that inner circumstellar
disks are optically thin and undetectable at the age of Tuc-Hor.
4.
Frequency and lifetime of accreting disks
Based on our comprehensive, multi-epoch spectroscopic survey, supplemented with previously published results, we find that three of the 11 late-type stars in η Cha (27±19
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two of the 32 targets in the TWA (6±4 %) show evidence of on-going accretion. None of the
21 β Pic and 36 Tuc-Hor targets in our survey appears to be accreting. This corresponds
to upper limits on the accretor frequency of 13% for β Pic and 8% for Tuc-Hor (95% confidence). As shown in Fig. 3, these accretor fractions are well below those found for younger
(∼1–5 Myr) star-forming regions, where the values are generally higher than 30% (Mohanty,
Jayawardhana, & Basri 2005). Except in the case of η Cha (where we are necessarily limited
by the small number of known members), these lower accretion disk frequencies at older ages
can no longer be dismissed as being based on very small samples. Furthermore, the fact that
we have collected multi-epoch spectra for our targets reduces (but does not eliminate) the
likelihood that we have missed some non-steady accretors in this sample.
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To probe the evolution of accretion in these young groups, a critical assessment of their
ages is important. For η Cha, we adopt the most recent age estimate of 6±21 Myr, based
on comparison of the observed HR diagram with evolutionary tracks (Luhman & Steeghs
2004). This value is consistent with previous estimates. Webb et al. (1999) discuss different
age measurements for the TW Hydrae group and conclude that the most probable age is
∼ 8 Myr. Recently Lawson & Crause (2005) found that the TW Hydrae group has two
spatially distinct subgroups, whose ages differ by a factor of two. Based on rotation periods
and HR diagrams, they argue that the objects TWA 14–19 are likely by a factor of two older
than the objects TW Hydrae and TWA 2–13. (TWA 20–25 are not included in their study.)
From the Li EW, probably the most reliable observational signature to assess (relative) ages
of young stars, there is, however, no evidence for two subgroups with significantly different
ages in TW Hydrae (Zuckerman & Song 2004). At least the M-type objects TWA 14, 15,
and 18 should have depleted their Lithium if they were much older than 10 Myr, which is not
seen in the data (see Zuckerman & Song 2004, their Fig. 3). Additionally, the comparison
between the rotation periods of the potential subgroups is clearly hampered by small-number
statistics. Thus, we decided to treat TW Hydrae as a uniform group with an age of ∼ 8 Myr.
For the β Pic moving group, both kinematic and evolutionary track diagnostics give
an age of ∼ 12 Myr (Zuckerman & Song 2004). For these three groups, the age uncertainty
is probably a few Myr. However, using the Li abundance as an age indicator, Zuckerman
& Song (2004, their Fig. 3) have convincingly shown that β Pic is clearly older than TW
Hydrae, and that TW Hydrae is older than η Cha. Finally, the most probable age for
Tuc-Hor is ∼ 30 Myr (Zuckerman & Song 2004; Torres et al. 2000).
By combining these age estimates with our accretor frequencies, we can set strong
constraints on the lifetime of accreting disks: disk accretion appears to cease or dip below
measurable rates by about 10 Myr for most late-type stars. Longer-lived accretors must
be rare, given that we did not find any among 57 targets in β Pic and Tuc-Hor groups.
At ∼12 Myr, the estimated age of the β Pic group, the accretor fraction drops below 13%
(95% confidence limit); at ∼30 Myr, the age of Tuc-Hor, it is < 8%. These numbers are
in full agreement with constraints from previous studies, which find that accretor frequency
and accretion rates drop significantly between 4 and 10 Myr (e.g. Muzerolle et al. 2000;
Sicilia-Aguilar et al. 2005). This also provides an indirect constraint on the timescale for gas
dissipation in the inner disks and, in turn, on the timescale for gas giant planet formation.
Interestingly, the lifetime we derive for gas accretion is roughly consistent with that found
for dust in inner disks through previous near- and mid-infrared studies (e.g. Haisch, Lada,
& Lada 2001; Jayawardhana et al. 1999b).
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5.
Accretion-rotation connection?
Over the years, a number of studies have investigated the connection between the presence of disks and stellar rotation. In the magnetospheric accretion scenario, gas from the
inner disk is thought to be channeled by the stellar magnetic field. In that case, one would
expect the field lines to connect the star to the disk, which may prevent the star from spinning up (or at least reduce the spin up) as it contracts during the pre-main sequence phase.
This process is often referred to as “disk locking” (Camenzind 1990; Koenigl 1991; Shu et
al. 1994). In other words, we might expect accreting stars to be preferentially slow rotators
compared to their peers. Indeed, initial studies by Edwards et al. (1993) found a correlation
between rotation period and near-infrared colour excess, interpreted as a connection between
star and disk. Although this result has later been confirmed, e.g. by Herbst et al. (2002),
other groups fail to detect such a correlation (e.g. Stassun et al. 1999).
One problem with many studies of the disk-rotation connection is the use of nearinfrared excess as the disk diagnostic. Due to a variety of effects, e.g. dust settling and inner
disk clearing, near-infrared photometry is not a very robust disk indicator. Mid-infrared
data are much more reliable for this purpose, and are now available for most of our targets
(Jayawardhana et al. 1999b; Low et al. 2005; Megeath et al. 2005). Studies with the aim
of investigating the connection between mid-infrared emission and rotation are underway
(e.g. Rebull et al. 2005). However, both near-infrared and mid-infrared signatures probe the
presence of a dusty disk, and not the coupling between star and disk, which is required in
the disk locking scenario. As shown here and elsewhere (e.g. Jayawardhana et al. 2001), the
existence of a disk does not necessarily imply a star-disk connection, especially at slightly
older ages. Therefore, evidence of on-going accretion – which signals a direct link between
the inner disk and the central star – is a much more sensible diagnostic to correlate with
stellar rotation rates.
At present, there has been to the best of our knowledge no study of a possible accretionrotation connection at ages of ∼6–30 Myr. This is a difficult task, because only few accretors
are present at these ages, hampering a reliable statistical comparison of the rotational properties of non-accretors and accretors. Nevertheless, we decided to probe disk-locking at
6-8 Myr using our comprehensive dataset for η Cha and TWA. From previous investigations
using near-infrared colour excess as disk diagnostic, we expect to see three groups of objects,
if disk-locking is still at work in our objects (see review by Herbst et al. 2006): a) Slowly
rotating stars with disk, b) slowly rotating stars without disk, c) fast rotating stars without
disk. In some sense, this corresponds to an evolutionary sequence: Stars rotate slowly, as
long as they are coupled to their disks. After losing the disk, they still rotate slowly for
a certain time, because it takes some time to spin them up. Eventually, they will become
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fast rotating objects without disk, after rotational acceleration due to pre-main sequence
contraction. For this simple picture, the critical test is if there are fast rotators with disks –
those objects should not exist in a disk-locking scenario, and the most recent investigations
of this issue confirm this expectation for 1 Myr old objects based on near- and mid-infrared
photometry (Herbst et al. 2002; Rebull et al. 2005). Here we explore if the same behaviour
still holds at 6-8 Myr.
Fig. 2 shows the Hα 10% width (an accretion diagnostic) vs. the projected rotational
velocity (v sin i) for η Cha and TW Hydrae stars. Since faster rotation would contribute to
line broadening, it is not surprising that there appears to be an overall positive correlation
between v sin i and 10% width. In η Cha, there is no obvious difference between accretors
and non-accretors: all stars are relatively slow rotators with v sin i ∼< 20 km s−1 (with one
exception, η Cha 9, but here the 10% width is clearly influenced by binarity, see Sect. 6).
In the scenario discussed above, we are missing the fast rotators without disk. This may
simply indicate that the stars have not had enough time to spin up. In the somewhat older
TW Hya group, the two bona fide accretors – TW Hya and Hen 3-600A (TWA 3A) – are
both slow rotators with v sin i < 15 km s−1 . All other non-accreting objects cover the whole
range in rotational velocities with v sin i up to 50 km s−1 (excluding spectroscopic binaries
with blended line profiles). Thus, the available data for the η Cha and TW Hydrae group
are consistent with the described disk-locking scenario. Since there are only a few accretors
in those two groups, however, small number statistics are a big concern.
In η Cha and TW Hydrae, rotation periods have been derived for a few objects (Lawson & Crause 2005; Lawson et al. 2001), including some accretors, through photometric
monitoring. In both groups, the periods confirm our results from the v sin i analysis, albeit
again based on very few objects. With one exception, all periods measured in η Cha are
in the range between 1 and 20 days, and the two accretors with periods (η Cha 9 and 11)
are indistinguishable from the non-accretors. In TW Hydrae, Lawson & Crause (2005) find
two rotationally (and spatially) distinct groups of stars (see Sect. 4). We do not see this
dichotomy in our v sin i data, particularly not after excluding the binaries, which have the
highest measured v sin i values (see Sect. 3), In any case, the accretor with known period
(TW Hydrae itself) belongs to the group of slow rotators with a period of 2.8 d, consistent
with our result from the v sin i vs. 10% width plot.
In summary, we find that all accretors in our sample are slow rotators with v sin i .
20 km s−1 , whereas non-accretors show a large spread in rotational velocities up to 50 km s−1 .
This is consistent with a scenario where rotational braking by coupling between star and
disk can operate in low-mass stars for up to ∼8 Myr. Given the small numbers of accretors
at these ages, however, this result is of low significance. It clearly needs to be checked with
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larger samples if/when they become available.
6.
Emission Line Variability
Many previous studies of young stars have provided evidence for significant variability
in the emission lines, particularly Hα, both in intensity and in profile shape (e.g. Johns &
Basri 1995; Alencar & Batalha 2002; Scholz, Jayawardhana, & Brandeker 2005). This was
one of the reasons to base our accretor frequency analysis on multi-epoch spectra, to avoid
signficant bias due to variability. In some cases, variability information can be used to obtain
a detailed view on the accretion behaviour of young stars. Here we want to use our spectra
to assess the Hα variability of our targets.
As indicated by the “errorbars” in Fig. 1, many of our targets show significant variability in the Hα line in our multi-epoch data. Note that these “errorbars” do not show the
uncertainty of our measurements of EW and 10% width, but the scatter of the individual
measurements of our multi-epoch data. In most cases, this scatter, given in Tables 2–5, is
much higher than the formal error. Thus, Hα variability is a common phenomenon in the
objects in our sample, comparable to the results obtained previously for younger T Tauri
stars (e.g. Johns & Basri 1995; Alencar & Batalha 2002).
As can be seen in Fig. 1, the objects with evidence of accretion tend to show particularly
strong variability. Out of the seven accretors, five show Hα 10% width changes by more
than 30 km s−1 . Since the 10% width is correlated with accretion rate (Natta et al. 2004),
this indicates that the accretion flow in these young stars is often rather unsteady and/or
clumpy. Whereas the Hα width is variable in many cases, the shape of the line is more
or less constant for most objects. Some objects, however, show distinct profile changes,
probably due to accretion, binarity, or chromospheric activity. In Figs. 4 and 5, we present
the time series of the Hα profiles for some particularly interesting objects, including most of
the accretors, which we discuss below.
Two objects, TWA 10 (Fig. 5) and η Cha 5 (Fig. 4), show burst-like events in our time
series. In both cases, Hα is clearly much stronger and more asymmetric in one spectrum. For
TWA 10, we see gradually decreasing Hα intensity after this burst event, with the quiescent
level reached after about 2 days. A similar trend is seen in the He I (6678 Å) emission line,
which is a good indicator of accretion, but occasionally also appears during flare events (see
Sect. 3). Additionally, the Hα line appears to be strongly asymmetric during the burst.
This hints to a link between the burst and ongoing accretion rate changes (see Sect. 3), but
the lack of mid-infrared emission precludes the existence of a disk for this object (Low et al.
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2005). Thus, the spectroscopic behaviour is more likely due to a chromospheric flare event.
For η Cha 5, we have less information, because the profile change is only apparent in one
spectrum. The origin of this event may be a sudden burst of accretion or a chromospheric
flare. Lawson, Lyo, & Muzerolle (2004) observe a broad Hα profile in their (single) spectrum
indicating that sporadic accretion events may occur in this object.
The Hα time series of η Cha 7 (Fig. 4) shows clear signs of binarity (see Sec. 3),
even with our sparse time sampling. The profile appears to have two components that move
relative to each other. The two objects with the most complex profiles are η Cha 9 and
11. Both objects have been identified as accretors in Sect. 3, and η Cha 9 has a known
close companion (Köhler & Petr-Gotzens 2002), whereas there is no indication of binarity
for η Cha 11. The Hα line of η Cha 9 (Fig. 4) shows two peaks with a narrow gap in
most spectra, where the substructure of the red peak changes on timescales of hours. These
changes might be explained by the combined effects of accretion, wind, and binarity. The
profile of η Cha 11 (Fig. 4) shows similar structure in some spectra, but it is highly variable
in all components. For this object, there is clear evidence for ongoing accretion from the Hα
line profile, because we see a highly red-shifted, broad absorption feature, i.e., the line has
an inverse P Cygni profile, which is often observed in accreting T Tauri stars (Reipurth et
al. 1996) and a clear indication of infalling material. The complexity of the profile probably
indicates strong changes in both accretion and wind, as has been found for younger T Tauri
stars (e.g. Johns & Basri 1995; Alencar et al. 2005).
The two well-known accretors in TWA, TW Hydrae and TWA 3A, show very broad
and clearly asymmetric profiles (see Fig. 5). Red-shifted absorption features, most likely
due to infalling material, are visible as well as blue-shifted profile structures, which may be
attributed to outflows. The profile changes are, however, not as dramatic as for the objects
discussed above.
The Hα variability of TWA 5A was of particular interest to us because it had been
suspected to be an accretor previously (Mohanty, Jayawardhana, & Barrado y Navascués
2003) and an AO resolved close binary (Brandeker, Jayawardhana, & Najita 2003), with
roughly equal mass components and a separation of only 54 mas, corresponding to a projected
separation of 3 AU at a distance of 55 pc. Additionally, previous high-resolution spectra had
hinted that one of the AO components may be a spectroscopic binary as well (Torres et al.
2003). Therefore TWA 5A was monitored in a more extended time series than most of our
other targets; in total we obtained 22 spectra, 17 during the 2005 March observing run.
The intensity of Hα is strongly variable in our time series. The time series of the EW
shows a strong burst in the night of the 28th of March, which has strong influence on the
average EW for this object. This burst event coincides with the appearance of He I and Ca II
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in the spectra (see Sec. 3), which are not or only weakly detected in the remaining spectra.
Only during this event, the EW exceeds significantly the adopted threshold between accretors and non-accretors, whereas the 10% width is always in the regime normally attributed
to accretors (see Sect. 3). However, accretion is unlikely to be the origin for the emission,
as argued in Sect. 3, because of the non-detection of a disk excess out to the far-infrared.
Thus, the profile shape and variability are probably caused by the combined effects of chromospheric activity, rotation, and binarity. Indeed, the spectroscopic signature of the burst
bears similarities to previously observed chromospheric flares (Montes et al. 1998; Martin &
Ardila 2001). Thus, we attribute this event to a magnetically induced flare.
The general shape of the Hα profiles are very similar in all our spectra: it appears to be
composed by a broad and a narrow component, where both components clearly change in
intensity and relative position (see Fig. 5). We therefore approximated the Hα of TWA 5A
with two Gaussians to disentangle the two components. In all spectra, the profile composed
of two Gaussians fit the observed profile almost perfectly, as can be seen in Fig. 6. The typical
σ is 130 km s−1 for the broad component and 40 km s−1 for the narrow one, corresponding to
EW of 10-15 Å and ∼ 5 Å, respectively.
What is the origin of broad and narrow components? Perhaps the most likely interpretation is that we observe emission from two strongly magnetically active stars in this binary
system. In this case, the very different linewidths in the two components might be explained
by differences in rotational velocities. If one of the AO-resolved stars is again a spectroscopic
binary, where both stars are Hα active, this would also allow for a larger linewidth and thus
provide an explanation for the broad component. Another possible explanation for the line
profile is that both components arise from one particularly active star in the system, which
exhibits two active regions with different characteristics in the chromosphere.
A more detailed investigation of the complex effects of activity, binarity, and rotation on
the Hα feature requires prior knowledge on the properties of the two (or possibly three) stars
in the system. Thus, a sophisticated analysis of the photospheric lines in the composite TWA
5A spectrum is necessary, to determine rotational velocities for both stars and to investigate
mass and orbital period of a potential third body in the system.
7.
Conclusions
We have carried out an extensive investigation of disk accretion and related phenomena
in 100 young stars in four nearby associations that span 6-30 Myr in age. Our study is based
on ∼650 high-resolution, high signal-to-noise multi-epoch optical spectra of these targets.
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We find that disk accretion ceases or dips below measurable levels by ∼10 Myr in the vast
majority of low-mass stars. This result provides an indirect constraint on the timescale for
gas dissipation in inner disks and, thus, gas giant planet formation. We find that all accretors
in our sample are slow rotators, whereas non-accretors are either slow or fast rotators. This
may indicate that stellar rotation is still braked by the disk at 8 Myr, but the small number
of accretors at these ages hampers a more detailed investigation of the rotation-accretion
connection. Accretors also often exhibit significant time variability in their emission lines,
providing evidence for clumpy accretion flows and/or episodic accretion events.
We thank the Las Campanas Observatory staff for their outstanding assistance. This
research was supported by NSERC grants to RJ and MHvK as well as University of Toronto
startup funds and an SAO subcontract for the Keck Nuller project to RJ. JC was supported
in part by an NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award.
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Fig. 1.— Hα 10% width vs. equivalent width for all four groups. The adopted boundaries
between accretors and non-accretors are shown as dotted lines (see discussion in Sec. 3).
Specific objects discussed in the text are labelled. Objects classified as accretors in Sec. 3
are marked with squares. The ’errorbars’ do not correspond to the measurement uncertainty,
which is ∼ 0.2 Åin EW and ∼ 5 km s−1 in 10% width, but to the scatter in our multi-epoch
data.
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Fig. 2.— Projected rotational velocity v sin i vs. Hα 10% width for the groups η Cha
and TW Hydrae. Specific objects discussed in the text are labelled. Objects classified as
accretors in Sect. 3 are marked with squares. The ’errorbars’ do not correspond to the
measurement uncertainty, but to the scatter in our multi-epoch data (see discussion in Sec.
5).
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Fig. 3.— Accretor frequency as a function of age. Diamonds mark values from Mohanty,
Jayawardhana, & Basri (2005) for K0-M4 stars in different star forming regions, i.e. objects
with comparable spectral type, but lower ages than our targets. Crosses are the datapoints
for η Cha, TW Hydrae, β Pic, and Tuc-Hor from our study. Errorbars are 1σ uncertainties
for detections and 95% confidence upper limits for non-detections. Age uncertainties are
∼ 2 Myr except for Tuc-Hor, where the error is more likely 5 Myr. The relative ages for our
four target groups are more reliable than absolute values. (see Sect. 4).
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Fig. 4.— Hα time series for selected stars in the η Cha group in chronological order (from
top to bottom) with UT date and time. Profiles from the different epochs have been shifted
by arbitrary units for clarity. All profiles are normalised to the continuum.
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Fig. 5.— Hα time series for selected stars in the TW association in chronological order (from
top to bottom) with UT date and time. Profiles from the different epochs have been shifted
by arbitrary units for clarity. All profiles are normalised to the continuum.
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Fig. 6.— The average Hα line profile for TWA 5A from our time series. The solid line is
the observed profile, whereas the dashed lines show results from the decomposition process
(narrow component, broad component, and their sum). See discussion in Sect. 6.
Table 1. Observation Record
Targets (in brackets: no. of observations if > 1)
2004-12-04
2004-12-05
2004-12-06
η Cha 1, η Cha 11, η Cha 7, TWA 19A, TWA 5A, TWA 9A, AU Mic (3), AO Men (2), β Pic, GJ3305 (2), HIP 23309 (2).
η Cha 4, η Cha 5, η Cha 7, η Cha 10, η Cha 11, η Cha 12, AO Men (2), GJ3305 (2), HIP 23309 (2), TW Hya (2), TWA 5A, TWA 9A, TWA 19A.
η Cha 3, η Cha 4, η Cha 6, η Cha 7, η Cha 9, η Cha 11, η Cha 13, TW Hya (2), TWA 5A, TWA 6, TWA 7, TWA 8A, TWA 9A, TWA 19A, AO Men (2),
AU Mic (5), β Pic (2), GJ3305 (2), HIP 23309 (2).
η Cha 1 (2), η Cha 10 (2), η Cha 11, η Cha 12 (2), η Cha 13, η Cha 3, η Cha 4 (2), η Cha 5, η Cha 6 (2), η Cha 9 (2), TW Hya, TWA 2A, TWA 3A,
TWA 3B, TWA 4A, TWA 6, V343Nor.
η Cha1, η Cha 3 (2), η Cha4, η Cha 5 (2), η Cha6, η Cha10, η Cha12, η Cha13 (2), TWA 2A, TWA 3A, TWA 3B, TWA 4A, TWA 5A, TWA 6, TWA 7,
TWA 8A, TWA 9A, TWA 9B, TWA 11A, TWA 11B, TWA 13A, TWA 13B, TWA 19A, TWA 19B, AO Men, β Pic (2), HD 35850, HIP 23309, V343Nor,
CD-53544, CD-60416, CPD-64120, GSC8056-0482,GSC8491-1194, GSC8497-0995, HD 13183, HD 13246, HD 8558, HD 9054, HIP 16853, HIP 21632,
HIP 22295, HIP 30030, HIP 30034, HIP 32235, HIP 33737, HIP 9141, TYC5882-1169, TYC7600-0516.
η Cha 1, η Cha 4, η Cha 11 (2), η Cha 12, TWA 2A, TWA 4A, TWA 5A, TWA 6, TWA 7, TWA 9A, TWA 10, TWA 12, TWA 13A, TWA 13B, TWA 14,
TWA 16, TWA 17, TWA 18, TWA 19A, TWA 19B, β Pic, AO Men, HD 35850, HIP 23309, CD-53544, CD-60416, CPD-64120, GSC8056-0482, GSC8491-1194,
GSC8497-0995, HD 13183, HD 13246, HD 8558, HD 9054, HIP 16853, HIP 21632, HIP 30030, HIP 32235, HIP 33737, HIP 9141, TYC5882-1169, TYC7600-0516.
η Cha 1, η Cha 3, η Cha 4, η Cha 5, η Cha 6 (2), η Cha 9, η Cha 10, η Cha 12 (2), η Cha 13, TW Hya (2), TWA 2A, TWA 4A, TWA 5A, TWA 6, TWA 7,
TWA 8A, TWA 8B, TWA 9A, TWA 9B, TWA 10, TWA 12, TWA 13A, TWA 13B, TWA 14, TWA 17, TWA 18, TWA 19A, TWA 19B, β Pic, GJ3305,
HD 35850, HIP 23309, V343Nor, CD-53544, CD-60416, CPD-64120, GSC8056-0482,GSC8491-1194, GSC8497-0995, HD 13183, HD 13246, HD 8558,
HD 9054, HIP 16853, HIP 21632, HIP 22295, HIP 30030, HIP 30034, HIP 32235, HIP 33737, HIP 9141, TYC5882-1169, TYC7600-0516.
TWA 3A, TWA 3B, HIP 23418.
η Cha 1, η Cha 3, η Cha 4, η Cha 13, TW Hya (2), TWA 2A (2), TWA 5A (4), TWA 6 (2), TWA 7 (2), TWA 8A (2), TWA 8B (2), TWA 15A, TWA 15B,
TWA 16, TWA 20, TWA 21, TWA 22, TWA 23, TWA 24, TWA 25, β Pic (2), AO Men, AU Mic (4), BD-17d6128, CD-64d1208, GJ 3305, GJ799A, GJ799B,
HD 164249, HD 181327, HD 199143, HD 35850 (2), HIP 23309, HIP 23418, HR7329B, PZTel, HIP 105388, HIP 105404, HIP 107345, HIP 107947, HIP 108422,
HIP 16853 (2), HIP 21632, HIP 22295, HIP 30030, HIP 30034, HIP 32235, HIP 33737, TYC5882-1169, TYC7065-0879 (2), TYC7600-0516.
η Cha 5, η Cha 6, η Cha 9, η Cha 10, η Cha 11, η Cha 12, TWA 5A (5), TWA 9A (2), TWA 9B (2), TWA 10 (2), TWA 11A (2), TWA 11B (2), TWA 12 (2),
TWA 13A (2), TWA 13B (2), TWA 14 (2), TWA 16 (2), TWA 17 (2), TWA 18 (2), TWA 19A (2), TWA 19B (2), TWA 20, TWA 21 (2), TWA 22 (2), TWA 23,
TWA 24 (2), TWA 25, AU Mic (3), BD-17d6128 (2), β Pic, CD-64d1208, GJ799A, GJ799B, HD 164249, HD 181327, HD 199143, PZTel, V343Nor, HIP 105388,
HIP 105404, HIP 107345, HIP 107947, HIP 108422, HIP 21632, HIP 22295, HIP 30030, HIP 30034, HIP 32235, HIP 33737, TYC5882-1169, TYC7600-0516.
TW Hya, TWA 2A, TWA 3A, TWA 4A, TWA 5A (4), TWA 6, TWA 7, TWA 8A, TWA 8B, TWA 9A, TWA 9B, TWA 10, TWA 11A, TWA 11B, TWA 12,
TWA 13A, TWA 13B, TWA 14, TWA 15A (2), TWA 15B (2), TWA 17, TWA 18, TWA 19A, TWA 19B, TWA 20 (2), TWA 21 (2), TWA 22 (2), TWA 23 (2),
TWA 24, TWA 25 (2), AU Mic (7), BD-17d6128, β Pic (2), CD-64d1208, GJ799A, GJ799B, HD 164249, HD 181327, HD 199143, HIP 23418, PZTel, HIP 105388,
HIP 105404, HIP 107345, HIP 107947, HIP 108422.
TW Hya, TWA 2A, TWA 3A, TWA 3B, TWA 4A, TWA 5A (4), TWA 6, TWA 7, TWA 8A, TWA 8B, TWA 9A, TWA 9B, TWA 10, TWA 11A (13), TWA 11B,
TWA 12, TWA 13A, TWA 13B, TWA 14, TWA 15A (2), TWA 15B (2), TWA 16, TWA 18, TWA 19A, TWA 19B, TWA 20 (2), TWA 21, TWA 22, TWA 23 (2),
TWA 24, TWA 25 (2), AU Mic (2), BD-17d6128, CD-64d1208, GJ799A, GJ799B, HD 164249, HD 181327, HD 199143, HIP 23418, PZ Tel, HIP 105388, HIP 105404,
HIP 107345, HIP 107947, HIP 108422.
TWA 2A, TWA 3A, TWA 3B, TWA 4A, TWA 5A, TWA 6, TWA 7, TWA 8A, TWA 8B, TWA 9A, TWA 9B, TWA 12, TWA 13A, TWA 13B,
2005-01-29
2005-01-30
2005-01-31
2005-02-01
2005-03-26
2005-03-27
2005-03-28
2005-03-29
2005-03-30
2005-07-19
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Date (UT)
Table 1—Continued
Date (UT)
Targets (in brackets: no. of observations if > 1)
TWA 14, TWA 16, TWA 17, TWA 18, TWA 19A, TWA 19B, TWA 21, TWA 22, TW Hya, AU Mic (2), BD-17d6128 (2), β Pic (5), CD-64d1208 (2),
GJ799A (2), GJ799B (2), HD 1555A (2), HD 164249 (2), HD 181327 (2), HD 199143 (2), HD 35850, HIP 112312 (2), HIP 112312B (2), HIP 12545 (2),
HIP 23418, PZ Tel (2), V343Nor, CD-53544, CD-60416 (2), CPD-64120 (2), GSC8056-0482, GSC8491-1194, GSC8497-0995, HD 13183 (2), HD 13246 (2),
HD 8558 (2), HD 9054 (2), HIP 105388 (2), HIP 105404 (2), HIP 107345 (2), HIP 107947 (2), HIP 108422 (2), HIP 1113 (2), HIP 116748B (2),
HIP 116748A (2), HIP 1481 (2), HIP 16853, HIP 1910 (2), HIP 1993 (2), HIP 21632, HIP 22295, HIP 2729 (2), HIP 3556 (2), HIP 490 (2),
HIP 9141 (2), TYC5882-1169, TYC7600-0516.
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Table 2. Summary of Results: η Cha
Object
η
η
η
η
η
η
η
η
η
η
η
Cha
Cha
Cha
Cha
Cha
Cha
Cha
Cha
Cha
Cha
Cha
Other Name
1
3
4
5
6
7
9
10
11
12
13
7
6
8
6
7
3
6
6
7
8
6
K4b
M3.25c
K7b
M4c
M2b
K6c
M4.5c
K7b
K4b
M2b
M2b
EW
(Å)
EW σa
(Å)
10% width
(km s−1 )
10% width σa
(km s−1 )
vsin id
(km s−1 )
-1.2
-2.0
-3.4
-8.6
-5.0
-1.0
-11.7
-1.2
-3.9
-5.7
-110.8
0.3
0.2
0.6
4.3
0.4
0.3
2.7
0.3
2.1
0.5
13.7
103
116
147
194
145
291
389
103
345
154
435
13
8
13
66
27
70
54
13
86
7
26
20.9
10.5
6.0
8.8
20.9
29.1
20.8
< 5.0
16.4
15.1
14.5
Comments
spectroscopic binary
He I (6678 Å)
He I (6678 Å)
for σ are the scatter in our multi-epoch spectra, not the measurement uncertainty. Errors in EW are 0.2 Å, in 10% width 5 km s−1
b Zuckerman
c Luhman
d The
1
3
4
5
6
7
9
10
11
12
J0843.3-7905
Sp. type
& Song (2004)
& Steeghs (2004)
values for spectroscopic binaries (see last column) might be affected by line blending.
– 27 –
a Values
RECX
RECX
RECX
RECX
RECX
RECX
RECX
RECX
RECX
RECX
ECHA
No. of spectra
Table 3. Summary of Results: TW Hydrae
Other Name
No. of spectra
TW Hya
TWA 2A
TWA 3A
TWA 3B
TWA 5A
TWA 6
TWA 7
TWA 8A
TWA 8B
TWA 9A
TWA 9B
TWA 10
TWA 11B
TWA 12
TWA 13A
TWA 13B
TWA 14
TWA 15A
TWA 15B
TWA 16
TWA 17
TWA 18
TWA 19B
TWA 20
TWA 22
TWA 23
TWA 24
TWA 25
TWA 1
CD -29 8887A
Hen 3-600A
Hen 3-600B
CD -33 7795A
TYC 7183-1477
TYC 7190-2111
···
···
CD -36 7429A
CD -36 7429B
GSC 07766-00743
HR 4796B
RX J1121.1-3845
RX J1121.3-3447N
RX J1121.3-3447N
···
···
···
···
···
···
HD 102458B
A2 146
SSS 1017-5354
SSS 1207-3247
GSC8644-0802
TYC 7760-0283
12
9
5
4
24
10
9
8
6
11
7
6
5
7
8
8
7
5
5
6
6
7
8
6
7
6
5
6
a Values
K7b
M2ec
M3ec
M3.5c
M1.5c
K7b
M1b
M2c
···
K5c
M1c
M2.5b
M2.5c
M2c
M1ec
M2ec
M0c
M1.15c
M2c
M1.5c
K5c
M0.5c
K7c
M2c
M5b
M1b
K3b
M0b
EW
(Å)
EW σa
(Å)
10% width
(km s−1 )
10% width σa
(km s−1 )
vsin if
(km s−1 )
Comments
-172.5
-1.8
-22.6
-6.1
-11.5
-3.4
-5.8
-8.0
-13.3
-2.1
-4.3
-13.6
-3.5
-4.8
-3.0
-3.0
-10.7
-8.8
-8.6
-4.0
-3.2
-3.3
-2.2
-3.1
-11.5
-2.4
-0.3
-2.4
44.7
0.2
2.9
0.9
4.9
0.4
0.9
1.4
1.8
0.5
0.6
9.6
0.6
0.9
0.7
0.7
7.8
0.5
1.4
0.8
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.2
2.0
0.2
0.2
0.5
425
134
262
153
360
409
109
133
119
135
108
199
116
136
129
134
291
156
193
119
290
179
239
273
111
126
137
128
35
17
4
13
54
42
8
29
10
21
12
97
10
28
24
26
61
2
16
12
25
11
45
28
10
3
29
10
10.6
12.8
11.6
12.2
59.0
79.5
< 5.0
< 5.0
11.2
11.3
8.4
6.3
12.1
16.2
10.5
10.3
43.1
21.3
32.3
7.9
49.7
24.1
48.7
He I (6678 Å)
e
spectroscopic binary, He I (6678 Å)d
He I (6678 Å)
spectroscopic binary
He I (6678 Å)
spectroscopic binary
spectroscopic binary
spectroscopic binary
spectroscopic binary
9.7
14.8
13.0
11.8
for σ are the scatter in our multi-epoch spectra, not the measurement uncertainty. Errors in EW are 0.2 Å, in 10% width 5 km s−1
b Zuckerman
c de
Sp. type
– 28 –
Object
& Song (2004)
la Reza & Pinzon (2004)
d For
all measurements, only spectra were used where we see no doubled lines. Linewidths should therefore not be affected by binarity.
e TWA
f The
20 is a spectroscopic binary; it was not possible to obtain a v sin i fit with acceptable reliability.
values for spectroscopic binaries (see last column) might be affected by line blending.
– 29 –
Table 4. Summary of Results: β Pic moving group
Other Name
No. of spectra
Sp. type
EW
(Å)
EW σa
(Å)
10% width
(km s−1 )
10% width σa
(km s−1 )
vsin id
(km s−1 )
AO Men
Au Mic
BD-17 6128
CD-64 1208
GJ3305
GJ799A
GJ799B
HIP 12545
HIP 23309
HIP 23418A
HIP 23418B
HIP 112312A
HIP 112312B
HIP29964
HIP102409
HD 358623
CPD-64 3950
···
···
···
BD+05 378
CD-57 1054
GJ 3322A
GJ 3322B
V* WW PsA
···
9
26
7
6
8
6
6
2
10
K6/7b
···
K7/M0c
K7b
M0.5b
M4.5eb
M4.5eb
M0b
M0.5b
M3b
···
M4eb
M4.5eb
-0.6
-2.3
-0.5
-2.9
-2.2
-10.5
-8.9
-0.6
-0.8
-6.6
-6.1
-6.6
-8.2
0.1
0.8
0.2
0.5
0.3
1.4
0.8
0.0
0.2
···
···
0.1
0.5
122
134
118
494
128
96
138
95
108
108
116.6
105
137
15
52
13
23
15
3
13
5
13
···
···
4
4
16.0
8.5
14.6
102.7
5.3
10.6
17.0
9.3
5.8
7.7
21.0
14.0
24.3
a Values
& Song (2004)
la Reza & Pinzon (2004)
d The
spectroscopic binary
for σ are the scatter in our multi-epoch spectra, not the measurement uncertainty. Errors in EW are 0.2 Å, in 10% width 5 km s−1
b Zuckerman
c de
2
2
Comments
values for spectroscopic binaries (see last column) might be affected by line blending.
– 30 –
Object
Table 5. Summary of Results: Tuc-Hor
Object
Other Name
No. of spectra
CD-53544
CD-60416
CPD-64120
GSC8056-0482
GSC8491-1194
GSC8497-0995
HIP 1910
HIP 1993
HIP 2729
HIP 3556
HIP 107345
TYC 8491- 656-1
TYC 8489- 1155-1
TYC 8852- 264-1
···
···
···
BPM 1699
GSC 08841-00145
HD 3221
GJ 3054
BPM 14269
4
5
5
4
4
4
2
2
2
2
6
EW
(Å)
EW σa
(Å)
10% width
(km s−1 )
10% width σa
(km s−1 )
vsini
(km s−1 )
Comments
K6Veb
K3/4b
K1Veb
M3Veb
M3Veb
K6Veb
M1b
M1b
K5Vb
M3b
M1b
-1.4
-0.5
-0.2
-5.3
-4.1
-0.6
-1.6
-1.0
-0.7
-0.8
-1.4
0.2
0.0
0.1
0.4
0.4
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.3
0.0
0.2
403
110
103
177
99
96
132
97
467
107
114
48
19
15
26
1
12
2
8
28
12
13
82.2
10.1
30.2
34.2
12.8
6.6
19.0
7.1
127.5
< 5.0
< 5.0
fast rotator
fast rotator
for σ are the scatter in our multi-epoch spectra, not the measurement uncertainty. Errors in EW are 0.2 Å, in 10% width 5 km s−1
b Zuckerman
& Song (2004)
– 31 –
a Values
Sp. type