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FUSE observations of H2 around the Herbig AeBe stars HD 100546 and HD 163296

A. Lecavelier des Etangs, M. Deleuil, A. Vidal-Madjar, A. Roberge, F. Le Petit, G. Hebrard, P. D. Feldman, J. -M. Desert, J. -C. Bouret

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0306449

Abstract

We present the analysis of FUSE observations of two Herbig AeBe stars known to harbor young circumstellar disks: HD 100546 and HD 163296. In both cases we detect absorption lines from warm and dense H2. The thermalization of the rotational levels up to J~4 allows evaluation of the temperature, density and typical size of the absorbing layer. These quantities are consistent with absorption of the light of the central star by a thin layer of a circumstellar disk seen at an intermediate inclination.

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