High-resolution TNG spectra of T Tauri stars: Near-IR GIANO observations of the young variables XZ Tau and DR Tau

Abstract

We used the TNG/GIANO instrument to obtain near-IR high-resolution spectra (R~50000) of XZ Tau and DR Tau, two actively accreting T Tauri stars classified as EXors. The analysis of the observed features provides information on the properties of the inner disk, the accretion columns, and the winds. Both sources display composite HI line profiles, with contributions from both accreting gas and high-velocity winds. These lines become more symmetric and narrower with increasing upper energy, which may be interpreted in terms of two components with different decrements or imputed to self-absorption effects. XZ Tau shows a relatively high state of activity with respect to literature observations. The variation of the HeI 1.08um line blue-shifted absorption suggests that the inner wind has undergone a dramatic change in its velocity structure, connected with a recent accretion event. DR Tau has a more stable wind as its HeI 1.08um absorption is stable in time in spite of strong variability of the emission component. The IR veiling can be interpreted as due to blackbody emission at temperatures of 1600K for XZ Tau and 2300K DR Tau, with emitting areas ~30 times larger than the star. For XZ Tau these conditions are consistent with emission from the inner rim of the dusty disk, while for DR Tau the fairly high temperature may suggest an origin from a thick gaseous disk within the dust sublimation radius. Strong and broad metallic lines, mainly from CI and FeI, are detected in XZ Tau, similar to those observed in other EXor sources during burst phases. DR Tau shows weaker and narrower metallic lines, despite its larger accretion luminosity. This suggests that accretion is not the only driver of metallic line excitation. Our observations show the potential of wide-band, high-resolution near-IR spectroscopy to simultaneously probe the phenomena that occur in the star-disk interaction region.

15 pages, accepted by A&A

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