An ALMA survey for disks orbiting low-mass stars in the TW Hya Association
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Journal Article
Abstract
We carried out an ALMA survey of 15 confirmed or candidate low-mass (<0.2 M⊙) members of the TW Hya Association (TWA) with the goal of detecting molecular gas in the form of CO emission, as well as of providing constraints on continuum emission due to cold dust. Our targets have spectral types of M4-L0 and hence represent the extreme low end of the TWA’s mass function. Our ALMA survey has yielded detections of 1.3 mm continuum emission around 4 systems (TWA 30B, 32, 33, and 34), suggesting the presence of cold dust grains. All continuum sources are unresolved. TWA 34 further shows 12CO(2–1) emission whose velocity structure is indicative of Keplerian rotation. Among the sample of known ~7–10 Myr-old star/disk systems, TWA 34, which lies just ~50 pc from Earth, is the lowest mass star thus far identified as harboring cold molecular gas in an orbiting disk.
Date Issued
2015-10-08
Date Acceptance
2015-09-14
Citation
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2015, 582
ISSN
1432-0746
Publisher
EDP Sciences
Journal / Book Title
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Volume
582
Copyright Statement
© 2015 ESO
Sponsor
Imperial College Trust
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Grant Number
N/A
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Astronomy & Astrophysics
open clusters and associations: individual: TW Hya
protoplanetary disks
stars: evolution
stars: pre-main sequence
HYDRAE ASSOCIATION
CIRCUMSTELLAR DISKS
PROTOPLANETARY DISKS
BROWN DWARF
KINEMATIC GROUPS
BP-PISCIUM
YOUNG SUNS
X-RAY
NEARBY
DUST
0201 Astronomical And Space Sciences
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN L5