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Abstract: The optical characteristics of a magnetocentrifugal disk wind from T Tauri stars that we calculated based on the MHD models of Safier (1993a, 1993b) are presented. For an outflow rate in the range yr we calculated the critical angles at which the wind becomes opaque in the optical, ultraviolet, and X-ray parts of the spectrum. The illumination of the outer regions of protoplanetary disks involved in creating a photoevaporating wind by the star and the conditions for observing young stars in different wavelength ranges depend on these angles. We show that at the early evolutionary stages of T Tauri stars the disk wind is capable of completely shielding the star and preventing the direct illumination of the peripheral disk regions in both optical and X-ray ranges. By absorbing the bulk of the stellar radiation, the disk wind itself becomes a radiation source capable of heating the disk. We show that at an outflow rate yr the fraction of the radiation absorbed by the wind can reach. Hot accretion spots can contribute significantly to the absorbed radiation. This allows the disk wind to be considered as an important infrared radiation source of T Tauri stars.
Язык оригиналаанглийский
Страницы (с-по)269–278
Число страниц10
ЖурналAstronomy Letters
Том50
Номер выпуска4
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СостояниеОпубликовано - 1 апр 2024

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