Dust Grain Populations in T Tauri Environments

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May 1999

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American Astronomical Society, 194th AAS Meeting, #69.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 31, p.934

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Previous Monte Carlo modeling of the near-infrared polarization and intensity maps of T Tauri environments have primarily incorporated the optical properties of standard Mathis, Rumpl, & Nordsieck (MRN; 1977, ApJ, 217, 425) interstellar dust grains. The MRN population includes grains with radii from 0.05 mu m -- 0.25 mu m. More recently, Kim, Martin,& Hendry (1994, ApJ, 422, 164) have developed a revised interstellar grain population which includes slightly larger grains. However, neither MRN nor KMH interstellar grain populations are applicable to environments surrounding T Tauri stars. Submillimeter and millimeter observations of T Tauri environments imply dust opacities consistent with a circumstellar dust population having a larger mean radius than that of the MRN or KMH interstellar grains. In fact, these observations are consistent with the presence of millimeter-sized grains, implying that significant grain growth has occurred. We have developed grain distributions that include very large grains such as those suggested by the submillimeter observations. We compare the near-infrared polarization and intensity signatures observed in scattering nebulae surrounding T Tauri stars with those produced in our Monte Carlo simulations which include the large grain populations.

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