Stellar Rotation of T Tauri Stars in the Orion Star-forming Complex
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL(2021)
摘要
We present a large-scale study of stellar rotation for T Tauri stars in the Orion star-forming complex. We use the projected rotational velocity (v sin(i)) estimations reported by the APOGEE-2 collaboration as well as individual masses and ages derived from the position of the stars in the HR diagram, considering Gaia-EDR3 parallaxes and photometry plus diverse evolutionary models. We find an empirical trend for v sin(i) decreasing with age for low-mass stars (0.4M(circle dot) < M-* < 1.2M(circle dot)). Our results support the existence of a mechanism linking v sin(i) to the presence of accreting protoplanetary disks, responsible for regulating stellar rotation on timescales of about 6 Myr, which is the timescale in which most of the T Tauri stars lose their inner disk. Our results provide important constraints to models of rotation in the early phases of evolution of young stars and their disks.
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rotation,stars,star-forming
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