Infrared spectro-interferometry of YSOs

Stefan Kraus; Karl-Heinz Hofmann; Keiichi Ohnaka; Thomas Preibisch; Gerd Weigelt

doi:10.1117/12.789219

28 July 2008 Infrared spectro-interferometry of YSOs

Stefan Kraus, Karl-Heinz Hofmann, Keiichi Ohnaka, Thomas Preibisch, Gerd Weigelt

Proceedings Volume 7013, Optical and Infrared Interferometry; 70130R (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789219
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2008, Marseille, France

Abstract

The latest generation of infrared long-baseline interferometric instruments combines high spatial resolution with spectroscopic capabilities, enabling fascinating new studies of the AU-scale circumstellar environment around young stellar objects. Here, we present recent investigations, which we conducted using the VLTI instruments AMBER and MIDI and which demonstrate these new observational possibilities. In one study, we combine near- and mid-infrared interferometry (H-/K-/N-band) to constrain the geometry and radial temperature profile of the circumstellar accretion disk around the Herbig Be star MWC147. Using detailed radiative transfer modeling, we find strong evidence for the presence of an optically-thick inner gaseous disk. In another investigation, we used AMBER's medium spectral resolution mode (R = 1500) to study the spatial origin of the hydrogen Brγ line for five Herbig Ae/Be stars, associating the line emission with different physical mechanisms, such as disk winds and magnetospheric accretion. Finally, we present AMBER H- and K-band observations of the close binary star θ ¹OrionisC and illustrate the benefits of fitting wavelength-differential visibilities and closure phases. Besides yielding a high observing efficiency, this approach is also insensitive to calibration errors, induced, for instance, by fast changing atmospheric conditions.

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Stefan Kraus, Karl-Heinz Hofmann, Keiichi Ohnaka, Thomas Preibisch, and Gerd Weigelt "Infrared spectro-interferometry of YSOs", Proc. SPIE 7013, Optical and Infrared Interferometry, 70130R (28 July 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789219

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