The ODYSSEUS Survey. Motivation and First Results: Accretion, Ejection, and Disk Irradiation of CVSO 109

Catherine Espaillat, Gregory J. Herczeg, Thanawuth Thanathibodee, C. Pittman, Nuria Calvet, Nicole A. Arulanantham, Kevin France, Javier Serna, J. Hernandez, Á. Kóspál, Frederick M. Walter, Antonio Frasca, William J. Fischer, Christopher M. Johns-Krull, Peter C. Schneider, C. Robinson, Suzan Edwards, P. Abraham, Min Fang, Jessica ErkalCarlo F. Manara, Juan Manuel Alcalá, E. Alecian, Richard D. Alexander, J. Alonso-Santiago, Simone Antoniucci, David R. Ardila, Andrea Banzatti, Myriam Benisty, Edwin Bergin, Katia Biazzo, Cesar Briceño, Justyn Campbell White, L. Ilsedore Cleeves, Deirdre Coffey, Jochen Eislöffel, Stefano Facchini, D. Fedele, Eleonora Fiorellino, Dirk Froebrich, Manuele Gangi, Teresa Giannini, K. N. Grankin, Hans Moritz Günther, Zhen Guo, Lee W. Hartmann, Lynne A. Hillenbrand, P. C. Hinton, Joel H. Kastner, Chris Koen, Karina Maucó, Ignacio Mendigutía, Brunella Nisini, Neelam Panwar, D. A. Principe, Massimo Robberto, Aurora Sicilia Aguilar, Jeff A. Valenti, J. Wendeborn, Jonathan P. Williams, Ziyan Xu, R. K. Yadav

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Abstract

The Hubble UV Legacy Library of Young Stars as Essential Standards (ULLYSES) Director's Discretionary Program of low-mass pre-main-sequence stars, coupled with forthcoming data from Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array and James Webb Space Telescope, will provide the foundation to revolutionize our understanding of the relationship between young stars and their protoplanetary disks. A comprehensive evaluation of the physics of disk evolution and planet formation requires understanding the intricate relationships between mass accretion, mass outflow, and disk structure. Here we describe the Outflows and Disks around Young Stars: Synergies for the Exploration of ULLYSES Spectra (ODYSSEUS) Survey and present initial results of the classical T Tauri Star CVSO 109 in Orion OB1b as a demonstration of the science that will result from the survey. ODYSSEUS will analyze the ULLYSES spectral database, ensuring a uniform and systematic approach in order to (1) measure how the accretion flow depends on the accretion rate and magnetic structures, (2) determine where winds and jets are launched and how mass-loss rates compare with accretion, and (3) establish the influence of FUV radiation on the chemistry of the warm inner regions of planet-forming disks. ODYSSEUS will also acquire and provide contemporaneous observations at X-ray, optical, near-IR, and millimeter wavelengths to enhance the impact of the ULLYSES data. Our goal is to provide a consistent framework to accurately measure the level and evolution of mass accretion in protoplanetary disks, the properties and magnitudes of inner-disk mass loss, and the influence of UV radiation fields that determine ionization levels and drive disk chemistry.

Original languageEnglish
Article number114
Pages (from-to)1-24
Number of pages24
JournalAstronomical Journal
Volume163
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Feb 2022

Keywords

  • accretion disks
  • stars: circumstellar matter
  • planetary systems: protoplanetary disks
  • stars: formation
  • stars: pre-main-sequence

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

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