The Observational Anatomy of Externally Photoevaporating Planet-Forming Discs I: Atomic Carbon

Abstract

We demonstrate the utility of CI as a tracer of photoevaporative winds that are being driven from discs by their ambient UV environment. Commonly observed CO lines only trace these winds in relatively weak UV environments and are otherwise dissociated in the wind at the intermediate to high UV fields that most young stars experience. However, CI traces unsubtle kinematic signatures of a wind in intermediate UV environments ($\sim 1000$G${}_0$) and can be used to place constraints on the kinematics and temperature of the wind. In CI position-velocity diagrams external photoevaporation results in velocities that are faster than those from Keplerian rotation alone, as well as emission from quadrants of position-velocity space in which there would be no Keplerian emission. This is independent of viewing angle because the wind has components that are perpendicular to the azimuthal rotation of the disc. At intermediate viewing angles ($\sim 30-60^{\circ }$) moment 1 maps also exhibit a twisted morphology over large scales (unlike other processes that result in twists, which are typically towards the inner disc). CI is readily observable with ALMA, which means that it is now possible to identify and characterise the effect of external photoevaporation on planet-forming discs in intermediate UV environments.

arXiv comment12 pages, accepted for publication in MNRAS

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