We investigate the formation of moving shadows on the circumbinary (CB) disk of young binary systems. Moving shadows can be created by a dusty disk wind of the secondary component. The densest parts of the dusty disk wind and the associated common envelope can be optically thick and may block the stellar radiation inside a certain solid angle, resulting in the appearance of a moving shadow zone. Its shape and size depends on the mass loss rate, the disk wind velocity, and optical properties of the dust. Our calculations show that the shadow zone is observable if the mass loss rate Ṁw is greater than 10-9 M per year. This shadow resembles a clock hand. If the orbit is an elliptical, the properties of this clock hand will change during the orbital motion of the secondary.

Translated title of the contributionДвижущиеся тени на пылевых дисках молодых звезд
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)633-639
Number of pages7
JournalAstronomy and Astrophysics
Volume448
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2006

    Scopus subject areas

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

    Research areas

  • Accretion, accretion disks, Binaries: close, Circumstellar matter, Stars: formation, Stars: pre-main sequence

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