Structure and Evolution of Circumstellar Disks Around Young Stars: New Views from ISO
Abstract
A question central to understanding the origin of our solar system is: how do planets form in circumstellar disks around young stars? Because of the complex nature of the physical processes involved, multi-wavelength observations of large samples will be required in order to obtain a complete answer to this question. Surveys undertaken with ISO have helped to solve pieces of this puzzle in addition to uncovering new mysteries. We review a variety of studies aimed at understanding; i) the physical structure and composition of circumstellar disks commonly found surrounding young stellar objects; and ii) the evolution of circumstellar disks from the active accretion phase to post-planet building debris disks.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0001542,
title = {Structure and Evolution of Circumstellar Disks Around Young Stars: New Views from ISO},
author = {Michael R. Meyer and Steven V. W. Beckwith},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0001542},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
To appear in "ISO Surveys of a Dusty Universe", eds. D. Lemke, M. Stickel, & K. Wilke (Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag), in press. 11 postscript pages