Silicate Emission in T Tauri Stars: Evidence for Disk Atmospheres?

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1999-11-28

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9911490v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal.: 20 postscript pages including 5 figures and 2 tables. Minor typographi

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10.1086/308787

We present low-resolution mid-infrared spectra of nine classical T Tauri stars associated with the Chamaeleon I dark cloud. The data were obtained with the PHOT-S instrument on-board the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) in the two wavelength ranges 2.5-4.9 and 5.9-11.7 microns. All nine stars show evidence of silicate emission at 10 microns, which is the only prominent feature in the spectra. We discuss a model for the origin of these features in a hot optically-thin surface layer of the circumstellar disks surrounding the central young stars (i.e. a disk atmosphere). We report excellent agreement of our observations with predictions based upon this simple model for most stars in our sample, assuming that a mixture of amorphous silicates of radius ~< 1 microns is the dominant source of opacity. These observations support the notion that extended disk atmospheres contribute substantially to the mid-IR flux of young stars.

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