Spectral Energy Distributions of Passive T Tauri and Herbig Ae Disks: Grain Mineralogy, Parameter Dependences, and Comparison with Infrared Space Observatory LWS Observations
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Passive Irradiated Circumstellar Disks with an Inner Hole
Resolved Images of Large Cavities in Protoplanetary Transition Disks
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Frequently Asked Questions (19)
Q2. What are the strongest resonances of the surface of a disk?
The strongest resonances include the 10 km peak from surface silicates at stellocentric distances of a few AU and the 45 km peak from surface water ice at distances of D100 AU.
Q3. What is the effect of the Rayleigh limit on emission bands?
If atmospheric grain sizes are within the Rayleigh limit (2nr/j [ 1), emission band amplitudes saturate relative to the continuum.
Q4. What is the source of the broad peak in disk surface emission near j D 1.5 km?
The broad peak in disk surface emission near j D 1.5 km arises from their pure iron particles and iron impurities in their olivine particles.
Q5. How do the radial locations of condensation boundaries in disks change?
The radial locations of condensation boundaries in disk surface layers move outward approximately as Consequently, as increases, surface emis-T * (4`b)@2 BT * 3 .
Q6. What is the way to measure the mass of a disk?
One relies on the optical thinness of the disk interior at millimeter wavelengths to measure the disk mass in dust : MDISKPFmmP qmmP &ii.
Q7. How do the authors estimate the infrared excesses at 10 km canj?
Using the results from CG99, the authors estimate that infrared excesses may be depressed by a factor of D1.5 for their sources owing to nonzero inclination ; the suppression factor due to lower values of H/h is D2È4.4.3.
Q8. How does the ratio of dust and gas decrease?
In reality, when dust and gas are well-mixed in interstellar proportions, the ratio H/h decreases slowly from D5 at 1 AU to D4 at 100 AU.
Q9. How much of the energy from accretion is reflected in the disk?
there is always a disk radius outside of which the energy from stellar illumination outweighs that of midplane accretion ; in the extreme case that the central star derives its luminosity wholly from accretion, this transition radius is roughly 1 AU.
Q10. How much overestimation is there in the infrared SED?
The authors estimate that the Ðrst e†ect introduces at most a factor of 2.5 overestimation in their computed Ñuxes between 2 and 8 km where the SED is dominated by emission from the optically thick interior.
Q11. What is the effect of the tted trapezoidal shape of the observed emission feature?
In cases where medium-resolution spectra exist (MWC 480, LkCa 15), the ““ trapezoidal ÏÏ shape of the observed emission feature is imperfectly Ðtted by their model ; this indicates that actual surface layer silicates have allotropic states (crystalline vs. amorphous) and compositions (pyroxene vs. olivine, and Fe:Mg ratios) slightly different from the amorphous that the authors employ.
Q12. What is the way to measure the emission bands from a disk?
The strengths of these emission bands relative to that of the adjacent continuum depend on (1) the sizes of atmospheric grains that absorb the bulk of thestellar radiation, and (2) the disk viewing geometry.
Q13. How much does the dependence on stellar temperature of the location of the ice sublimation boundary?
By itself, the dependence on stellar temperature of the location of the ice sublimation boundary in the disk surface layer is insufficiently steep (approximately to account for the presence and absence,asub,sP T *3 )respectively, of water ice bands in LWS spectra of CQ Tau and HD 36112 ; these two stars di†er in their e†ective temperatures by only D15%.
Q14. What is the spectral energy distribution of young star/ disk systems longward of D10?
The spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of young star/ disk systems longward of D10 km should thus closely approximate those of passively heated disks, even when accretion is ongoing.
Q15. What are the obstacles to a correct reproduction of observed solid-state emission features from water?
Aside from the crudeness of their two-layer radiative transfer scheme, these obstacles include (1) uncertainties in the photospheric abundances of water relative to silicates (we have assumed cosmic abundances with 50% of the oxygen tied up in water and 100% of the iron locked in refractory grains) ; (2) uncertainties in how ice is distributed with particle size (we have assumed a constant fractional radial thickness of the ice mantle relative to the radius of the silicate core for a power-law distribution of core radii) ; (3) the probable presence of impurities in water ice that can shift band positions and widths ; and (4) incompleteness of laboratory data for the optical constants of a cosmic mixture of ices in various allotropic states at wavelengths longward of 100 km.
Q16. What is the spectral energy distribution of a face-on disk?
The authors systematically explore how the SED of a face-on disk depends on grain size distributions, disk geometries and surface densities, and stellar photospheric temperatures.
Q17. What is the spectral index of the ice-silicate grains?
4. For all values of considered, the spectral index ofrmax,ithe SED at j \\ 2È4 mm equals n2~4 4 d ln (lFl)/d ln l4 3The value of equals the value of b] beff \\ 4.6. beff \\ 1.6for their ice-silicate grains, indicating that radiation at these wavelengths emerges from optically thin material.
Q18. Where do the viscous dissipation on disks manifest?
While many protostellar disks are actively accreting (see, e.g., the review by Calvet, Hartmann, & Strom 2000), e†ects of viscous dissipation on disk spectra manifest themselves most strongly in the immediate vicinities of the central stars, i.e., in the steepest portions of their gravitational potential wells.
Q19. What is the overall level of infrared excess at km canj?
The overall level of infrared excess at km canj [ 100 also decrease with increasingly edge-on viewing angles, as the central portions of the disk are increasingly hidden from view by the Ñared outer ““ wall ÏÏ (CG99).