Computer Science
Scientific paper
Jul 2004
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HST Proposal ID #10178
Computer Science
Hst Proposal Id #10178 Star Formation
Scientific paper
The formation of planetary systems is intimately linked to the dust population in circumstellar disks, thus understanding dust grain evolution is essential to advancing our understanding of how planets form. By combining {1} the high resolution polarimetric capabilities of ACS and NICMOS, {2} powerful 3-D radiative transfer codes, and {3} observations of objects known to span the earliest stellar evolutionary phases, we will gain crucial insight into the initial phases of dust grain growth: evolution away from an ISM distribution. Fractional polarization is a strong function of wavelength, therefore by comparing polarimetric images in the optical and infrared, we can sensitively constrain not only the geometry and optical depth of the scattering medium, but also the grain size distribution. By observing objects representative of the earliest evolutionary sequence of YSOs, we will be able to investigate how the dust population evolves in size and distribution during the crucial transition from a disk+envelope system to a disk+star system. The proposed study will help to establish the fundamental time scales for the initial depletion of ISM-like grains: the first step in understanding the transformation from small submicron sized dust grains, to large millimeter sized grains, and untimely to planetary bodies.
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