Using Spitzer to Reveal the Connection between Disks, Stellar Rotation, and Binaries

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Sep 2004

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Spitzer Proposal ID #3558

Physics

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Solar-type stars in the young clusters alpha Persei (90Myr) and the Pleiades (125Myr) are at a unique stage of evolution, distinguished by a large range of rotational velocities -- from 10 km/s to 200 km/s -- for stars ofsimilar mass. A possible explanation for this large dispersion involves a star-disk interaction that regulates the rotation rate, but no previous instrument has possessed the sensitivity to detect disk emission at the age and distance of these exceptional clusters. With the unprecedented sensitivity of Spitzer, we propose to use IRAC imaging and MIPS photometry to search for disk emission from rapid rotators and binaries in alpha Persei and the Pleiades. By combining the proposed data with slow rotators and single stars in the Legacy sample, we propose to investigate disk signatures as a function of stellar rotational velocity and binary separation.

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