The Silicate-Extinction Relationship in Filament L673

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We propose to obtain Spitzer IRS spectra of 18 background stars toward two cores within the isolated dense filament L673. These stars were carefully selected to probe a wide range of extinctions in the starless core L673-SMM4 and the cluster-forming core L673-SMM1/2 in order to further investigate the silicate-extinction relationship in dense, isolated environments. With the primary goal of characterizing this relationship in different core environments, a previous program (PID 40928) included 63 background stars sampling a wide range of extinctions through four cores: a starless core, single-star-forming core, cluster-forming core, and a core apparently exhibiting an anomalous relationship. The additional observations proposed here would serve to (1) provide a more robust characterization of differences between the silicate-extinction relationship in starless and star-forming cores, and (2) enable us to address whether this relationship is similar for cores of similar star-formation rates. We have shown previously that the silicate-extinction relationship is a sensitive probe of grain evolution, providing constraints on the carbon-to-silicate composition and grain sizes, especially when combined with 1-1000 micron observations.

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