2025A&A...698L..14D -
Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 698L14 (2025/6-1)
Mass, gas, and Gauss around a T Tauri Star with SPIRou.
DONATI J.-F., GAIDOS E., MOUTOU C., CRISTOFARI P.I., ARNOLD L., BARBER M.G. and MANN A.W.
Abstract (from CDS):
Studies of young planets help us understand planet evolution and investigate important evolutionary processes such as atmospheric escape. We monitored IRAS 04125+2902, a 3 Myr-old T Tauri star with a transiting planet and a transitional disk, with the SPIRou infrared spectropolarimeter on the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope. Using these data, we constrained the mass and density of the Jupiter-size companion to < 0.16 M♃ and < 0.23 g cm–3, respectively (90% upper limits). These rule out a Jovian-like object and support the hypothesis that it is an ancestor to the numerous sub-Neptunes found around mature stars. We unambiguously detected magnetic fields at the stellar surface, small-scale fields reaching 1.5 kG and the large-scale field mostly consisting of a 0.80-0.95 kG dipole inclined by 5-15° to the rotation axis. Accretion onto the star is low and/or episodic at a maximum rate of ≃10–11 M⊙ yr–1, indicating that IRAS 04125+2902 is most likely in a magnetic “propeller” regime, presumably explaining the star's slow rotation (11.3 d). We discovered persistent Doppler-shifted absorption in a metastable He I line, clear evidence for a magnetized wind from a gaseous inner disk. Variability in absorption suggests structure in the disk wind that could reflect disk-planet interactions.
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© The Authors 2025
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techniques: polarimetric - techniques: radial velocities - planets and satellites: formation - stars: formation - stars: magnetic field - stars: pre-main sequence
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