Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007aas...210.3603w&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society Meeting 210, #36.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 39, p.150
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
The Spitzer Legacy Project From "Molecular Cores to Planet-forming Disks" conducted a 3.6 to 70um photometric survey of roughly 160 weak- line TTauri Stars (wTTs) and 20 classical TTauri stars (cTTs) in the nearby star-forming regions Chamaeleon, Lupus, Ophiuchus and Taurus.
WTTs are so named because they possess weaker H-alpha emission lines signifying weaker disk accretion on to the star than cTTs. The evolution of dust disks around these young stars (Age 10 Myrs) is key to understanding planet formation. From the observed infrared excesses, we infer the presence of circumstellar disks around 12% of wTTs and 75% of cTTs. However, when considering on-cloud sources only, the wTTs disk fraction is 22%, while it is only 6% for off- cloud sources, suggesting an older age for the latter. WTTs, while not discernibly younger than cTTs in age diagnostics, in general have disks which exhibit lower fractional luminosities and larger inner clearings. However, quite a few wTTs systems have fractional disk luminosities as high as cTTs systems. In light of these findings, wTTs seem to be transitional objects between cTTs and debris disks.
c2d Legacy Team
Wahhaj Zahed
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