A search for circumstellar gas in pre-main-sequence debris discs using absorption spectroscopy

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2026
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Abstract
Abstract Gas in debris discs is thought to be either inherited from the protoplanetary stage or released from the solid, rocky content of planetesimal belts. Its presence can impact planetary atmospheres and their potential for habitability, which stresses the need to ascertain its origin and composition. Most detections to date are around main-sequence stars, with only a few gas-bearing debris discs identified around pre-main-sequence stars, mainly through millimetre CO line searches. We investigate narrow gas absorption features superimposed on the photospheric Ca ii K & H and Na i D1 & D2 lines in a sample of 125 pre-main sequence and 5 relatively young (< 17 Myr) stars. All stars are associated with IR excess emission indicative of presence of a debris disc. By comparing their residual spectra (photosphere-subtracted) to those of nearby stars, interstellar cloud velocities, and stellar radial velocities, we test whether interstellar absorption is the culprit and ascertain circumstellar gas origin. Using these methods, out of the 130 targets, we identified two new gas-bearing debris discs: TYC 7879-1373-1, which exhibits stable absorption, and HIP 30414, which shows variable gas absorption features linked likely to ongoing accretion. Both these systems are pre-main-sequence stars younger than 5 Myr. TYC 6822-283-1 has absorption features of inconclusive origin. This study increases the number of currently known very young (< 10 Myr) debris discs with circumstellar gas to eight, paving the path to future systematic studies of objects caught in transition from protoplanetary to debris disc stages.
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Authors Karolina M Szewczyk, Daniela Iglesias, O Panić
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Journal monthly notices of the royal astronomical society
Year 2026
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10.1093/mnras/stag1309
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https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stag1309
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