Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-03-09
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.369:229-239,2006
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
11 pages, 5 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10294.x
We present a new model for protoplanetary disc evolution. This model combines viscous evolution with photoevaporation of the disc, in a manner similar to Clarke, Gendrin & Sotomayor (2001). However in a companion paper (Alexander, Clarke & Pringle 2006a) we have shown that at late times such models must consider the effect of stellar radiation directly incident on the inner disc edge, and here we model the observational implications of this process. We find that the entire disc is dispersed on a time-scale of order $10^5$yr after a disc lifetime of a few Myr, consistent with observations of T Tauri (TT) stars. We use a simple prescription to model the spectral energy distribution of the evolving disc, and demonstrate that the model is consistent with observational data across a wide range of wavelengths. We note also that the model predicts a short ``inner hole'' phase in the evolution of all TT discs, and make predictions for future observations at mid-infrared and millimetre wavelengths.
Alexander Richard D.
Clarke Catherine J.
Pringle James E.
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