We have obtained Spitzer Space Telescope MIPS observations of 40 F- and G-type common proper motion members of the Scorpius-Centaurus OB Association with ages between 5 and 20 Myr at 24 micron and 70 micron. We report the detection of fourteen objects which possess 24 micron fluxes >30% larger than their predicted photospheres, tentatively corresponding to a disk fraction of >35%, including seven objects which also possess 70 micron excesses >100 times larger than their predicted photospheres. The 24 micron plus 70 micron excess sources possess high fractional infrared luminosities, LIR/L* = 7.0e-4 - 3.0e-3; either they possess optically thin, dusty beta Pictoris-like disks or compact, opaque HD 98800-like disks.
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0501103,
title = {A Spitzer Study of Dusty Disks in the Scorpius-Centaurus OB Association},
author = {C. H. Chen and M. Jura and K. D. Gordon and M. Blaylock},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0501103},
year = {2009}
}
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12 pages, 3 figures (including 1 color figure). ApJ, in press