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Protoplanetary Disk Evolution: Singles vs. Binaries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2016

Sebastian Daemgen ,
Ray Jayawardhana ,
Monika G. Petr-Gotzens  and
Elliot Meyer
Sebastian Daemgen
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto, 50 St. George Street, Toronto, ON, CanadaM5H 3H4, email: [email protected]
Ray Jayawardhana
Affiliation:
Faculty of Science, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada
Monika G. Petr-Gotzens
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschildstr. 2, 85748, Garching, Germany
Elliot Meyer
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto, 50 St. George Street, Toronto, ON, CanadaM5H 3H4, email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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Based on a large number of observations carried out in the last decade it appears that the fraction of stars with protoplanetary disks declines steadily between ~1 Myr and ~10 Myr. We do, however, know that the multiplicity fraction of star-forming regions can be as high as >50% and that multiples have reduced disk lifetimes on average. As a consequence, the observed roughly exponential disk decay can be fully attributed neither to single nor binary stars and its functional form may need revision. Observational evidence for a non-exponential decay has been provided by Kraus et al. (2012), who statistically correct previous disk frequency measurements for the presence of binaries and find agreement with models that feature a constantly high disk fraction up to ~3 Myr, followed by a rapid (≲2 Myr) decline.

We present results from our high angular resolution observational program to study the fraction of protoplanetary disks of single and binary stars separately. We find that disk evolution timescales of stars bound in close binaries (<100 AU) are significantly reduced compared to wider binaries. The frequencies of accretors among single stars and wide binaries appear indistinguishable, and are found to be lower than predicted from planet forming disk models governed by viscous evolution and photoevaporation.

Keywords

Stars: pre-main sequenceStars: formationcircumstellar matterbinaries: general
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 10 , Issue S314: Young Stars & Planets Near the Sun , November 2015 , pp. 135 - 138
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2016 

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