Fast transition between classical and weak lined T Tauri stars due to external UV dissipation |
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| Institution: | 1. National Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chaoyang District, Datun Road, A20, Beijing 100012, China;2. University of Alaska at Anchorage, 3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, United States;1. Department of Physics, Kyoto Univ., Kyoto 606-8502, Japan;2. Service d''Astrophysique, CEA/DAPNIA/SAp, Centre d''Etudes de Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France;3. CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), 4-1-8 Honmachi, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332, Japan;1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218, USA;2. Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Dr., Baltimore, MD 21218, USA;1. Radio Astronomy Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA;2. NASA-Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, U.S.A.;1. Department of Astronomy, Beijing Normal University, No. 19, Xinjiekouwai St, Beijing, China;2. National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xinglong Observatory, 20A Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100012, China |
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| Abstract: | The discovery of optical jets immersed in the strong UV radiation field of the Rosette Nebula sheds new light on, but meanwhile poses challenges to, the study of externally irradiated jets. The jet systems in the Rosette are found to have a high state of ionization and show unique features. In this paper, we investigate the evolutionary status of the jet-driving sources for young solar-like stars. To our surprise, these jet sources indicate unexpected near infrared properties with no excess emission. They are bathed in harsh external UV radiation such that evaporation leads to a fast dissipation of their circumstellar material. This could represent a transient phase of evolution of young solar-like stars between classical and weak lined T Tauri stars. Naked T Tauri stars formed in this way have indistinguishable evolutionary ages from those of classical T Tauri stars resulting from the same episode of star formation. However, it would be hard for such sources to be identified if they are not driving an irradiated jet in a photoionized medium. |
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