Near-infrared spectra for TW Hya

Gaussian decomposition of the strongest H Paschen lines isolates the inner disk hydrogen emission. We measure several key elemental abundances, relative to hydrogen, using a chemical photoionization model and infer dust retention in the disk. With a 1D transport model, we determine approximate radial locations and retention efficiencies of dust traps for different elements.

Volatile and refractory elements are depleted from TW Hya's hot gas by factors of ~10^2^ and up to 10^5^, respectively. The abundances of the trapped solids are consistent with a combination of primitive Solar System bodies. Dust traps beyond the CO and N_2_ snow line cumulatively sequester 96% of the total dust flux, while the trap at 2AU, near the H_2_O snow line, retains 3%.

The high depletions of Si, Mg, and Ca are explained by a third trap at 0.3AU with >95% dust retention. TW Hya sports a significant volatile reservoir rich in C- and N-ices in its outer submillimeter ring structure. However, unless the inner disk was enhanced in C by earlier radial transport, typical C destruction mechanisms and the lack of a C resupply should leave the terrestrial planet-forming region of TW Hya "dry" and carbon-poor.

Any planets that form within the silicate dust trap at 0.3 AU could resemble Earth in terms of the degree of their volatile depletion.