HD 100453: A LINK BETWEEN GAS-RICH PROTOPLANETARY DISKS AND GAS-POOR DEBRIS DISKS

Journal Article · Wed May 20 04:00:00 EDT 2009 · Astrophysical Journal

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/697/1/557; COUNTRY OF INPUT: INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA)· OSTI ID:21300554

Collins, K A; Williger, G M ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292 (United States)

HD 100453 has an IR spectral energy distribution (SED) which can be fit with a power law plus a blackbody. Previous analysis of the SED suggests that the system is a young Herbig Ae star with a gas-rich, flared disk. We reexamine the evolutionary state of the HD 100453 system by refining its age (based on a candidate low-mass companion) and by examining limits on the disk extent, mass accretion rate, and gas content of the disk environment. We confirm that HD 100453B is a common proper motion companion to HD 100453A, with a spectral type of M4.0V-M4.5V, and derive an age of 10 {+-} 2 Myr. We find no evidence of mass accretion onto the star. Chandra ACIS-S imagery shows that the Herbig Ae star has L {sub x}/L {sub bol} and an X-ray spectrum similar to nonaccreting {beta} Pic Moving Group early F stars. Moreover, the disk lacks the conspicuous Fe II emission and excess FUV continuum seen in spectra of actively accreting Herbig Ae stars, and from the FUV continuum, we find the accretion rate is < 1.4 x 10{sup -9} M {sub sun} yr{sup -1}. A sensitive upper limit to the CO J = 3-2 intensity indicates that the gas in the outer disk is likely optically thin. Assuming a [CO]/[H{sub 2}] abundance of 1 x 10{sup -4} and a depletion factor of 10{sup 3}, we find that the mass of cold molecular gas is less than {approx}0.33 M {sub J} and that the gas-to-dust ratio is no more than {approx}4:1 in the outer disk. The combination of a high fractional IR excess luminosity, a relatively old age, an absence of accretion signatures, and an absence of detectable circumstellar molecular gas suggests that the HD 100453 system is in an unusual state of evolution between a gas-rich protoplanetary disk and a gas-poor debris disk.

• OSTI ID: 21300554
• Journal Information: Astrophysical Journal, Journal Name: Astrophysical Journal Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 697; ISSN ASJOAB; ISSN 0004-637X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
ABUNDANCE
CARBON MONOXIDE
DUSTS
DWARF STARS
ENERGY SPECTRA
HYDROGEN
LUMINOSITY
MASS
PROPER MOTION
PROTOPLANETS
X-RAY SPECTRA