| Issue |
A&A
Volume 438, Number 3, August II 2005
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 923 - 938 | |
| Section | Interstellar and circumstellar matter | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052809 | |
| Published online | 18 July 2005 | |
Molecular hydrogen emission from protoplanetary disks
School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, PO Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD, UK e-mail: hnomura@kobe-u.ac.jp
Received:
3
February
2005
Accepted:
21
April
2005
We have modeled self-consistently the density and temperature profiles of gas and dust in protoplanetary disks, taking into account irradiation from a central star. Making use of this physical structure, we have calculated the level populations of molecular hydrogen and the line emission from the disks. As a result, we can reproduce the observed strong line spectra of molecular hydrogen from protoplanetary disks, both in the ultraviolet (UV) and the near-infrared, but only if the central star has a strong UV excess radiation.
Key words: line: formation / molecular processes / radiative transfer / planetary systems: protoplanetary disks
© ESO, 2005
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