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Post-Outburst Infrared Spectra Of V1647 Ori, The Illuminating Star Of Mcneil's Nebula, Erika Gibb, T W. Rettig, S D. Brittain, D Wasikowski, Theodore Simon, William D. Vacca, Michael C. Cushing
Post-Outburst Infrared Spectra Of V1647 Ori, The Illuminating Star Of Mcneil's Nebula, Erika Gibb, T W. Rettig, S D. Brittain, D Wasikowski, Theodore Simon, William D. Vacca, Michael C. Cushing
Erika Gibb
V1647 Ori is a low-mass star in the L1630 star-forming region that underwent an outburst in late 2003 and early 2004. We present postoutburst infrared spectra obtained with NIRSPEC (Keck II) and SpeX (IRTF) and compare these to spectra taken during the outburst. The results show that the temperature of the hot CO formed in the inner part of the disk has declined by ~800 K, while the water and CO ice and low-J CO gas features remained unchanged, consistent with previous assertions that the latter, low-temperature features arise in the foreground cloud. The P Cygni profiles of the Paschen …