Probing the Temperature Structure of the Inner Region of a Protoplanetary Disk

Abstract

Midplane heating induced by disk accretion plays a key role in determining the disk temperature particularly at the inner disk midplane where planets form. However, the efficiency of accretion heating has been not well constrained by observations. We construct two-dimensional models of the Class II disk around CW Tau, taking into account the midplane heating. The models are compared with the ALMA dust continuum observations at Bands 4, 6, 7 and 8, with an angular resolution of 0.1 arcsec. The observed brightness temperatures are almost wavelength-indenpendent at $\lesssim$10 au. We find that if the maximum dust size $a_{\max }$ is $\lesssim 100\mu \mathrm{m}$, the brightness temperatures predicted by the model exceed the observed values, regardless of the efficiency of accretion heating. The low observed brightness temperatures can be explained if millimeter scattering reduces the intensity. If the disk is passive, $a_{\max }$ needs to be either $\sim 150\mu \mathrm{m}$ or $\gtrsim$ few $\mathrm{cm}$. The accretion heating significantly increases the brightness temperature particularly when $a_{\max }\lesssim 300\mu \mathrm{m}$, and hence $a_{\max }$ needs to be either $\sim 300\mu \mathrm{m}$ or $\gtrsim$ few $\mathrm{cm}$. The midplane temperature is expected to be $\sim$1.5-3 times higher than the observed brightness temperatures, depending on the models. The dust settling effectively increases the temperature of the dust responsible for the millimeter emission in the active disk, which makes the model with $300\mu \mathrm{m}$-sized dust overpredicts the brightness temperatures when strong turbulence is absent. Porous dust (porosity of 0.9) makes the accretion heating more efficient so that some sort of reduction in accretion heating is required. Future longer wavelength and higher angular resolution observations will help us constrain the heating mechanisms of the inner protoplanetary disks.

19 pages, 25 figures, accepted for publication in A&A

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