2005ApJ...635..466Y


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2005ApJ...635..466Y - Astrophys. J., 635, 466-475 (2005/December-2)

Measuring the magnetic field of the classical T Tauri star TW Hydrae.

YANG H., JOHNS-KRULL C.M. and VALENTI J.A.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present infrared (IR) and optical echelle spectra of the classical T Tauri star TW Hydrae. Using the optical data, we perform detailed spectrum synthesis to fit atomic and molecular absorption lines and determine key stellar parameters: Teff=4126±24 K, logg=4.84±0.16, [M/H]=-0.10±0.12, and logg=5.8±0.6 km/s. The IR spectrum is used to look for Zeeman broadening of photospheric absorption lines. We fit four Zeeman-sensitive Ti I lines near 2.2 µm and find that the average value of the magnetic field over the entire surface is B=2.61±0.23 kG. In addition, several nearby magnetically insensitive CO lines show no excess broadening above that produced by stellar rotation and instrumental broadening, reinforcing the magnetic interpretation for the width of the Ti I lines. We carry out extensive tests to quantify systematic errors in our analysis technique that may result from inaccurate knowledge of the effective temperature or gravity, finding that reasonable errors in these quantities produce a ∼10% uncertainty in the mean field measurement.

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Journal keyword(s): Infrared: Stars - Stars: Individual: Constellation Name: TW Hydrae - Stars: Magnetic Fields - Stars: Pre-Main-Sequence

Simbad objects: 8

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Number of rows : 8
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
#notes
1 V* V1023 Tau Or* 04 18 47.0291197872 +28 20 07.493080560   14.31 12.00 11.21   K7 178 0
2 V* BP Tau Or* 04 19 15.8339827632 +29 06 26.926959492   13.13 12.12 11.89   K5/7Ve 721 0
3 HD 285778 Or* 04 27 10.5694045464 +17 50 42.660831084   11.07 10.22     K1e 143 0
4 * alf Leo PM* 10 08 22.31099 +11 58 01.9516 0.88 1.24 1.40 1.37 1.47 B8IVn 891 1
5 V* TW Hya TT* 11 01 51.9053285064 -34 42 17.033218380   11.94 10.50 10.626 9.18 K6Ve 2144 1
6 NAME TW Hya Association As* 11 01.9 -34 42           ~ 1018 0
7 NAME Upper Sco Association As* 16 12 -23.4           ~ 1586 1
8 * 61 Cyg B PM* 21 06 55.2638444466 +38 44 31.358519864 8.63 7.40 6.03 4.86 3.55 K7V 765 0

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