High-resolution [OI] line spectral mapping of TW Hya consistent with X-ray driven photoevaporation

Abstract

Theoretical models indicate that photoevaporative and magnetothermal winds play a crucial role in the evolution and dispersal of protoplanetary disks and affect the formation of planetary systems. However, it is still unclear what wind-driving mechanism is dominant or if both are at work, perhaps at different stages of disk evolution. Recent spatially resolved observations by Fang et al. (2023) of the [OI] 6300 Angstrom spectral line, a common disk wind tracer, in TW Hya revealed that about 80% of the emission is confined to the inner few au of the disk. In this work, we show that state-of-the-art X-ray driven photoevaporation models can reproduce the compact emission and the line profile of the [OI] 6300 Angstrom line. Furthermore, we show that the models also simultaneously reproduce the observed line luminosities and detailed spectral profiles of both the [OI] 6300 Angstrom and the [NeII] 12.8 micron lines. While MHD wind models can also reproduce the compact radial emission of the [OI] 6300 Angstrom line, they fail to match the observed spectral profile of the [OI] 6300 Angstrom line and underestimate the luminosity of the [NeII] 12.8 micron line by a factor of three. We conclude that, while we cannot exclude the presence of an MHD wind component, the bulk of the wind structure of TW Hya is predominantly shaped by a photoevaporative flow.

7 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in Astrophysical Journal Letters

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