Gas in the protoplanetary disc of HD 169142: Herschel's view
Journal article, 2010

In an effort to simultaneously study the gas and dust components of the disc surrounding the young Herbig Ae star HD 169142, we present far-IR observations obtained with the PACS instrument onboard the Herschel Space Observatory. This work is part of the open time key program GASPS, which is aimed at studying the evolution of protoplanetary discs. To constrain the gas properties in the outer disc, we observed the star at several key gas-lines, including [OI] 63.2 and 145.5 mu m, [CII] 157.7 mu m, CO 72.8 and 90.2 mu m, and o-H2O 78.7 and 179.5 mu m. We only detect the [OI] 63.2 mu m line in our spectra, and derive upper limits for the other lines. We complement our data set with PACS photometry and (CO)-C-12/13 data obtained with the Submillimeter Array. Furthermore, we derive accurate stellar parameters from optical spectra and UV to mm photometry. We model the dust continuum with the 3D radiative transfer code MCFOST and use this model as an input to analyse the gas lines with the thermo-chemical code ProDIMo. Our dataset is consistent with a simple model in which the gas and dust are well-mixed in a disc with a continuous structure between 20 and 200 AU, but this is not a unique solution. Our modelling effort allows us to constrain the gas-to-dust mass ratio as well as the relative abundance of the PAHs in the disc by simultaneously fitting the lines of several species that originate in different regions. Our results are inconsistent with a gas-poor disc with a large UV excess; a gas mass of 5.0 +/- 2.0 x 10(-3) M-circle dot is still present in this disc, in agreement with earlier CO observations.

radiative-transfer

systems

stars: pre-main sequence

planetary systems

scattering

grains

stars

dust

infrared: planetary systems

spectra

protoplanetary disks

circumstellar matter

continuum

hd-169142

emission

Author

G. Meeus

Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (UAM)

C. Pinte

University of Exeter

Grenoble Alpes University

P. Woitke

University of Edinburgh

Royal Observatory

B. Montesinos

Centro de Astrobiologia (CAB)

I. Mendigutia

Centro de Astrobiologia (CAB)

P. Riviere-Marichalar

Centro de Astrobiologia (CAB)

C. Eiroa

Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (UAM)

G. S. Mathews

University of Hawaii

B. Vandenbussche

KU Leuven

C. D. Howard

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

A. Roberge

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

G. Sandell

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

G. Duchene

University of California

Grenoble Alpes University

F. Menard

Grenoble Alpes University

C. A. Grady

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Eureka Scientific

W. R. F. Dent

Atacama Large Millimeter-submillimeter Array (ALMA)

European Southern Observatory Santiago

I. Kamp

University of Groningen

J. C. Augereau

Grenoble Alpes University

W. F. Thi

Grenoble Alpes University

University of Edinburgh

I. Tilling

University of Edinburgh

J. M. Alacid

Centro de Astrobiologia (CAB)

S. Andrews

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

D. R. Ardila

California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

G. Aresu

University of Groningen

D. Barrado

Centro de Astrobiologia (CAB)

Calar Alto Astronomical Observatory

S. Brittain

Clemson University

D. R. Ciardi

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

W. Danchi

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

D. Fedele

Johns Hopkins University

Max Planck Society

Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (UAM)

I. de Gregorio-Monsalvo

European Southern Observatory Santiago

Atacama Large Millimeter-submillimeter Array (ALMA)

A. Heras

European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA ESTEC)

N. Huelamo

Centro de Astrobiologia (CAB)

A. Krivov

Friedrich Schiller University Jena

J. Lebreton

Grenoble Alpes University

René Liseau

Chalmers, Earth and Space Sciences, Radio Astronomy and Astrophysics

C. Martin-Zaidi

Grenoble Alpes University

A. Mora

European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC)

M. Morales-Calderon

Spitzer Science Center

H. Nomura

Kyoto University

E. Pantin

Astrophysique, Instrumentation et Modelisation de Paris-Saclay

I. Pascucci

Johns Hopkins University

N. Phillips

University of Edinburgh

L. Podio

University of Groningen

D. R. Poelman

University of Edinburgh

S. Ramsay

European Southern Observatory (ESO)

B. Riaz

Johns Hopkins University

K. Rice

University of Edinburgh

E. Solano

Centro de Astrobiologia (CAB)

H. Walker

STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

G. J. White

Open University

STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

J. P. Williams

University of Hawaii

G. Wright

Royal Observatory

Astronomy and Astrophysics

0004-6361 (ISSN) 1432-0746 (eISSN)

Vol. 518 Article Number: L124 L124

Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)

Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

DOI

10.1051/0004-6361/201014557

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