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A&A
Volume 689, September 2024
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Article Number | A85 | |
Number of page(s) | 16 | |
Section | Interstellar and circumstellar matter | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202450768 | |
Published online | 09 September 2024 |
MINDS
A multi-instrument investigation into the molecule-rich JWST-MIRI spectrum of the DF Tau binary system
1
Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik,
Giessenbachstrasse 1,
85748
Garching,
Germany
e-mail: sierrag@mpe.mpg.de
2
Leiden Observatory, Leiden University,
PO Box 9513,
2300
RA
Leiden,
The Netherlands
3
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie (MPIA),
Königstuhl 17,
69117
Heidelberg,
Germany
4
Kapteyn Astronomical Institute,
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Postbus 800,
9700AV
Groningen,
The Netherlands
5
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IPAG,
38000
Grenoble,
France
6
Department of Physics, Texas State University,
749 North Comanche Street,
San Marcos,
TX
78666,
USA
7
Institute of Astronomy, KU Leuven,
Celestijnenlaan 200D,
3001
Leuven,
Belgium
8
STAR Institute, Université de Liège,
Allée du Six Août 19c,
4000
Liège,
Belgium
9
Institute of Astronomy, KU Leuven,
Celestijnenlaan 200D,
3001
Leuven,
Belgium
10
Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale,
91405
Orsay,
France
11
Dept. of Astrophysics, University of Vienna,
Türkenschanzstr. 17,
1180
Vienna,
Austria
12
ETH Zürich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics,
Wolfgang-Pauli-Str. 27,
8093
Zürich,
Switzerland
13
Université Paris-Saclay, Université Paris Cité, CEA, CNRS, AIM,
91191
Gif-sur-Yvette,
France
14
Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), CSIC-INTA, ESAC Campus,
Camino Bajo del Castillo s/n,
28692
Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid,
Spain
15
INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte,
Salita Moiariello 16,
80131
Napoli,
Italy
16
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies,
31 Fitzwilliam Place,
D02 XF86
Dublin,
Ireland
17
Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University,
PO Box 9010,
6500
GL
Nijmegen,
The Netherlands
18
Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences,
Schmiedlstr. 6,
8042
Graz,
Austria
19
TU Graz, Fakultät für Mathematik, Physik und Geodäsie,
Petersgasse 16
8010
Graz,
Austria
20
SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research,
PO Box 800,
9700
AV,
Groningen,
The Netherlands
21
Department of Astronomy, Stockholm University, AlbaNova University Center,
10691
Stockholm,
Sweden
22
School of Physics, University College Dublin,
Belfield, Dublin 4,
Ireland
23
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona,
Tucson,
AZ
85721,
USA
Received:
17
May
2024
Accepted:
15
June
2024
Context. The majority of young stars form in multiple systems, the properties of which can significantly impact the evolution of any circumstellar disks.
Aims. We investigate the physical and chemical properties of the equal-mass, small-separation (~66 milliarcsecond, ~9 au) binary system DF Tau. Previous spatially resolved observations indicate that only DF Tau A has a circumstellar disk, while DF Tau B does not, as concluded by a lack of accretion signatures and a near-infrared excess.
Methods. We present JWST-MIRI MRS observations of DF Tau. The MIRI spectrum shows emission from a forest of H2O lines and emission from CO, C2H2, HCN, CO2, and OH. Local thermodynamic equilibrium slab models were used to determine the properties of the gas. The binary system is not spatially or spectrally resolved in the MIRI observations; therefore, we analyzed high spatial and spectral resolution observations from ALMA, VLTI-GRAVITY, and IRTF-iSHELL to aid in the interpretation of the molecular emission observed with JWST.
Results. The 1.3 mm ALMA observations show two equal-brightness sources of compact (R ≲ 3 au) continuum emission that are detected at high significance, with separations consistent with astrometry from VLTI-GRAVITY and movement consistent with the known orbital parameters of the system. We interpret this as a robust detection of the disk around DF Tau B, which we suggest may host a small (~1 au) cavity; such a cavity would reconcile all of the observations of this source. In contrast, the disk around DF Tau A is expected to be a full disk, and spatially and spectrally resolved dust and gas emission traced by ground-based infrared observations point to hot, close-in (≲0.2 au) material around this star. High-temperature emission (~500–1000 K) from H2O, HCN, and potentially C2H2 in the MIRI data likely originates in the disk around DF Tau A, while a cold H2O component (≲200 K) with an extended emitting area is consistent with an origin from both disks.
Conclusions. Given the unique characteristics of this binary pair, complementary observations are critical for constraining the properties of these disks. Despite the very compact outer disk properties, the inner disk composition and the conditions of the DF Tau disks are remarkably similar to those of isolated systems, suggesting that neither the outer disk evolution nor the close binary nature are driving factors in setting the inner disk chemistry in this system. However, constraining the geometry of the disk around DF Tau B, via higher angular resolution ALMA observations for instance, would provide additional insight into the properties of the mid-infrared gas emission observed with MIRI. JWST observations of spatially resolved binaries, at a range of separations, will be important for understanding the impact of binarity on inner disk chemistry more generally.
Key words: instrumentation: interferometers / instrumentation: spectrographs / planets and satellites: formation / protoplanetary disks / binaries: general / stars: pre-main sequence
© The Authors 2024
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