NOAO > Observing Info > Approved Programs > 2009B-0232
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PI: Jeff Bary, Colgate University, jbary@colgate.edu
Address: Department of Physics and Astronomy, 13 Oak Drive, Hamilton, NY 13346, US
CoI: Gregory Herczeg, Max-Planck-Institut f¸r extraterrestriche Physik
CoI: Alexander Brown, University of Colorado at Boulder
Title: Constraining the Effects of High Energy Photons on Proto-Planetary Disk Chemistry and Evolution
Abstract:
We propose to conduct a multi-wavelength monitoring campaign of [Ne II],
X-ray emission, and accretion rate from the classical T Tauri star GM Aur.
Leveraging the variable nature of X-rays, [Ne II] emission, and the mass
accretion rates of these sources, we will search for a correlations in these
data to provide the first direct observational evidence of the role X-rays
and EUV photons play in driving disk chemistry and the evolution of
proto-planetary disks. We have obtained data from our first epoch and request
two additional MICHELLE observations to be obtained simultaneous to Chandra
X-ray observations of GM Aur.
National Optical Astronomy Observatory, 950 North Cherry Avenue, P.O. Box 26732, Tucson, Arizona 85726, Phone: (520) 318-8000, Fax: (520) 318-8360
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