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The Radial Distribution and Excitation of H2 around Young Stars in the HST-ULLYSES Survey

Journal
Date Issued
2023
Author(s)
France, Kevin
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Arulanantham, Nicole
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Maloney, Erin
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Cauley, P. Wilson
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Ábrahám, P.
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Campbell-White, Justyn
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Herczeg, Gregory J.
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Vioque, Miguel
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Abstract
The spatial distribution and evolution of gas in the inner 10 au of protoplanetary disks form the basis for estimating the initial conditions of planet formation. Among the most important constraints derived from spectroscopic observations of the inner disk are the radial distributions of the major gas phase constituents, how the properties of the gas change with inner disk dust evolution, and how the chemical abundances and excitation conditions are influenced by the high-energy radiation from the central star. We present a survey of the radial distribution, excitation, and evolution of inner disk molecular hydrogen (H2) obtained as part of the Hubble Space Telescope-ULLYSES program. We analyze far-UV spectroscopy of 71 (63 accreting) pre-main-sequence systems in ULLYSES DR5 to characterize the H2 emission lines, H2 dissociation continuum emission, and major photochemical/disk evolution driving the UV emissions (Lyα, UV continuum, and C IV). We use the widths of the H2 emission lines to show that most fluorescent H2 arises between 0.1 and 1.4 au from the parent star, and show positive correlations of the average emitting radius with the accretion luminosity and with the dust disk mass. We find a strong correlation between H2 dissociation emission and both the accretion-dominated Lyα luminosity and the inner disk dust clearing, painting a picture where water molecules in the inner 3 au are exposed to and dissociated by strong Lyα emission as the opacity of the inner disk declines with time.
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166
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2
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67
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0004-6256
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2023AJ....166...67F
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