Protoplanetary Disk Fraction in Young Clusters and the Timescale for Planet Formation

Autor(en)

S. R. Fernandes, P. S. Teixeira, J. F. Alves, J. C. Correia, F. D. Santos, C. J. Lada, E. A. Lada

Abstrakt

The scientific quest to understand the origin and frequency of planets

requires the study of statistically significant populations of young

stellar objects of different evolutionary states and in differing

astrophysical environments. The main goal of this project is to conduct

a coherent and systematic broad band infrared wavelength study of ten

young embedded, or partially embedded, clusters in order to determine

the frequency distribution of circumstellar disks in each cluster. This

research program is expected to provide a solid empirical foundation for

understanding how circumstellar disks evolve to form planetary systems

together with an estimate of the frequency of planetary systems in the

Galaxy.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Astrophysik

Externe Organisation(en)

Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, University of Florida, Gainesville, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

Band

287

Seiten

325-329

Publikationsdatum

2003

ÖFOS 2012

103004 Astrophysik

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