CSI 2264: CHARACTERIZING YOUNG STARS IN NGC 2264 WITH SHORT-DURATION PERIODIC FLUX DIPS IN THEIR LIGHT CURVES

• Published in: The Astronomical journal Vol. 149; no. 4; pp. 130 - 30
• Main Authors: Stauffer, John, Cody, Ann Marie, McGinnis, Pauline, Rebull, Luisa, Hillenbrand, Lynne A., Turner, Neal J., Carpenter, John, Plavchan, Peter, Carey, Sean, Terebey, Susan, Morales-Calderón, María, Alencar, Silvia H. P., Bouvier, Jerome, Venuti, Laura, Hartmann, Lee, Calvet, Nuria, Micela, Giusi, Flaccomio, Ettore, Song, Inseok, Gutermuth, Rob, Barrado, David, Vrba, Frederick J., Covey, Kevin, Padgett, Debbie, Herbst, William, Gillen, Edward, Lyra, Wladimir, Guimaraes, Marcelo Medeiros, Bouy, Herve, Favata, Fabio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.04.2015
• Subjects: Accretion disks; ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; DIAGRAMS; Dipping; Dust; Flux; INTERSTELLAR MAGNETIC FIELDS; PERIODICITY; PHOTOMETRY; PHOTOSPHERE; ROTATION; STAR CLUSTERS; STAR EVOLUTION; STAR MODELS; STARS; Stellar magnetic fields; VISIBLE RADIATION; Walls

We identify nine young stellar objects (YSOs) in the NGC 2264 star-forming region with optical CoRoT light curves exhibiting short-duration, shallow periodic flux dips. All of these stars have infrared excesses that are consistent with their having inner disk walls near the Keplerian co-rotation rad...