A far-ultraviolet-driven photoevaporation flow observed in a protoplanetary disk
Journal article, 2024
Most low-mass stars form in stellar clusters that also contain massive stars, which are sources of far-ultraviolet (FUV) radiation. Theoretical models predict that this FUV radiation produces photodissociation regions (PDRs) on the surfaces of protoplanetary disks around low-mass stars, which affects planet formation within the disks. We report James Webb Space Telescope and Atacama Large Millimeter Array observations of a FUV-irradiated protoplanetary disk in the Orion Nebula. Emission lines are detected from the PDR; modeling their kinematics and excitation allowed us to constrain the physical conditions within the gas. We quantified the mass-loss rate induced by the FUV irradiation and found that it is sufficient to remove gas from the disk in less than a million years. This is rapid enough to affect giant planet formation in the disk.
Author
O. Berné
Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP)
Emilie Habart
Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale
Els Peeters
Western University
Ilane Schroetter
Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP)
Amelie Canin
Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP)
Ameek Sidhu
Western University
Ryan Chown
Western University
E. Bron
Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
Thomas J. Haworth
Queen Mary University of London
Pamela Klaassen
Royal Observatory
Boris Trahin
Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale
Dries Van De Putte
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
Felipe Alarcon
University of Michigan
Marion Zannese
Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale
Alain Abergel
Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale
E. A. Bergin
University of Michigan
J. Bernard-Salas
Centre d’Etudes et de Recherche de Grasse
Christiaan Boersma
NASA Ames Research Center
Jan Cami
Western University
S. Cuadrado
CSIC - Instituto de Fisica Fundamental (IFF)
E. Dartois
University Paris-Saclay
D. Dicken
Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale
Meriem Elyajouri
Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale
A. Fuente
Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial
J.R. Goicoechea
CSIC - Instituto de Fisica Fundamental (IFF)
K. Gordon
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
Lina Issa
Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP)
C. Joblin
Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP)
Olga Kannavou
Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale
Baria Khan
Western University
Ozan Lacinbala
Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale
David Languignon
Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
R. Le Gal
Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP)
Alexandros Maragkoudakis
NASA Ames Research Center
Raphael Meshaka
Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale
Yoko Okada
University of Cologne
Takashi Onaka
University of Tokyo
Sofia Pasquini
Western University
Marc W. Pound
University of Maryland
Massimo Robberto
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
M. Rollig
University of Cologne
Bethany Schefter
Western University
Thiébaut-Antoine Schirmer
Chalmers, Space, Earth and Environment, Astronomy and Plasmaphysics
Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale
Thomas Simmer
Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale
Benoît Tabone
Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale
A.G.G.M. Tielens
University of Maryland
S. Vicente
Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences (IA)
M.G. Wolfire
University of Maryland
Science
0036-8075 (ISSN) 1095-9203 (eISSN)
Vol. 383 6686 988-992Subject Categories
Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
DOI
10.1126/science.adh2861
PubMed
38422128