Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Aug 1988
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988plas.rept..123s&link_type=abstract
In NASA, Washington, Reports of Planetary Astronomy, p 123-124 (SEE N89-16624 08-89)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Astronomical Spectroscopy, Molecular Clouds, Pre-Main Sequence Stars, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Spectra, Gases, Kinematics, Solids, Surveys, Ultraviolet Radiation
Scientific paper
By carrying out direct imaging and spectroscopic observations of young, pre-main sequence stars in nearby molecular clouds researchers have begun: to define the frequency with which disks of approximately solar system size and mass form around young stars, and to understand the timescale for disk evolution; to characterize the early radiation (ultraviolet and keV particle) environment of circumstellar disks through study of evolution of stellar winds, wind/disk interactions and the UV and optical emission characteristics of young stars; and to understand the evolution of the solid and gaseous constituents of disks through observations of absorption features in circumstellar gas, broad emission features produced by organic compounds on grain surfaces, and absorption features (e.g., ice) produced in grain mantles. These programs offer the possibilty of relating results from astrophysical studies of the environment to newly-formed stars to the record of planet formation preserved in the solar system. Researchers completed a spectroscopic survey of 30 T Tauri stars with ages ranging from approximately 2 x 10 to the 5th power to 3 x 10 to the 7th power years. From analysis of (OI) and (SII) emission lines, it was concluded that all but two of the stars in our sample are surrounded by optically opaque disks of dimension approximately 50 AU. The two remaining objects show evidence consistent with partial disk clearing (at an age approximately 3 x 10 to the 6th power year). R and I band CFHT observations yielded detections of disks of dimension approximately 100 AU surrounding 5 additional T Tauri stars.
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