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SED studies of disk “lifetimes” & Long wavelength studies of disks Ge/Ay133 Characterizing large disk samples? SED Models: HH 30 G.J. van Zadelhoff 2002 Chiang & Goldreich 1997 IR disk surface within several 0.1 – several tens of AU (sub)mm disk surface at large radii, disk interior. Details next! Use SED surveys to probe disk evolution w/time, accretion rate, etc. Find very few objects with moderate IR excesses, most disk systems are optically thick out to 24 mm. Disk Fraction Correlations cTTs wTTs For wTTs sample projected on clouds, disk fraction increases with Ha Equivalent Width (EW), declines with age. Cieza et al. 2006 Disk Timescales Big RED circle: has disk Some wTTs do have disks, not seen before w/IRAS. But, only the young ones (age < 3 to 6 MYr) The ages are uncertain due to models, but ~half the young wTTs lack disks (even at 0.8 to 1.5 Myr). Thus, time is NOT the only variable. How might disks evolve? Padgett et al., 2006; Cieza et al., 2006 That is, are there multiple paths from optically thick to optically thin disks? Disk Class II Class II Star Class II Class III Mapping evolutionary paths? • Evolutionary sequence: cTTs wTTs Debris a is the slope of the IR excess, lt-o where the star and disk contribute equally to the SED. Statistically, how long do dust grains in disks “survive”? Basic result: Disks dissipate within a few Myr, but with a large disp. for any SINGLE system. When they go, however, the dissipation is FAST in comparison w/ disk “lifetime.” Gas??? With modern mm-detectors, can sense beyond SED “knee”: Can this long wavelength photometry help us understand disk evolution and dissipation? (Images later) Disk modeling of (sub)mm-wave flux measurements: Measure, must know distance. derive Assume UNLESS the disk is spatially resolved. ro Rd T (r ) (r ) optically thin, near peak of blackbody: optically thin, R-J limit 0 For “typical” assumptions, what do you find? Current studies are flux limited at ~10 mJy: Submm Continuum Imaging – TW Hya • The SMA continuum measurements agree well with the predictions of the physically self-consistent irradiated accretion disk model for TW Hya (Calvet et al. 2002) • The radial brightness distribution of the disk observed at 345 GHz is also consistent with the Calvet model. So, we CAN measure many disk parameters, but only for a handful of sources for now. Use these results to guide continuum surveys: Only substantial correlation is with overall SED and/or accretion rate indicators, otherwise LARGE scatter! Other “factoids”: Submm flux highly correlated with the presence or absence of IR excess. Almost no disks w/weak IR but strong submm. Very little dependence of MAXIMUM disk mass on age (that is, some fairly OLD stars have >MMSN disks). Other “factoids”: Submm flux highly correlated with the presence or absence of IR excess. Almost no disks w/weak IR but strong submm. Very little dependence of MAXIMUM disk mass on age (that is, some fairly OLD stars have >MMSN disks). Gas? CO/Good Dynamical, T Tracer TMB (K) Dent et al. 2005, JCMT vLSR (km/s) The CO line shape is Sensitive to: Rdisk ,Mstar, Inc. These can be measured w/resolved images: M. Simon et al. 2001, PdBI With multiple CO lines CO 3-2 M.R. Hogerheijde code TW Hya w/SMA Qi et al. 2004, ApJ 616, L7. T gradients: 13CO 2-1/TW Hya Data Model (Rout 110 AU) Model (Rout 172 AU) Only sensitive to disk surface layers, hard to get mass. CO 2-1Temperature ContourCO 3-2 Tau=1 Surfaces CO 3-2 CO 2-1 Blue: Canonical Model (Calvet et al. 2002, Qi et al. 2004 ) Black: SMA data Also, very few “transitional” disks are found (that is, disks w/ inner holes): Statistics are ~a few of many hundreds of young stars. Calvet et al. 2005, ApJ, 630, L185 At least some disks evolve “from the inside out.” Does this apply more generally, or can disks dissipate in a variety of ways? Calvet et al. 2005, ApJ, 630, L185 Are there other examples? The case of LkHa 330. 1´´ CO v =1-0 Emission from Transitional Disks? For dust sublimation alone, the lines from T Tauri disks should be broader than those from Herbig Ae stars+disks. Often observed, but… The TW Hya lines are extremely narrow, with i~7° R≥0.37 AU. Similar for SR 9, DoAr 44, GM Aur. Rhot(KI) < R(CO) < Rdust(SED) Good, hnCO ≥ 11.09 eV to dissociate.