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Spectral Energy Distributions of Fragmenting Protostellar Disks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 April 2014

Olga Zakhozhay  and
Eduard I. Vorobyov
Olga Zakhozhay
Affiliation:
Main Astronomical Observatory, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, 03680, Ukraine email: [email protected]
Eduard I. Vorobyov
Affiliation:
Institute of Astrophysics, The University of Vienna, Vienna, 1180, Austria email: [email protected] Research Institute of Physics, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, 344092, Russia
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Abstract

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In this article we show that massive and hot fragments forming in protostellar disks can leave characteristic signatures in spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of young stellar objects. This occurs when the fragment evaporates dust in its atmosphere, which results in a sharp drop in opacity and subsequent rise in the surface temperature of the fragment. These hot fragments can produce local maxima in the SEDs at 5–10 μm.

Keywords

stars: formationplanetary systems: protoplanetary disks
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 8 , Symposium S293: Formation, Detection, and Characterization of Extrasolar Habitable Planets , August 2012 , pp. 278 - 280
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2014 

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