Evidence for grain growth in T Tauri disks

Astron.Astrophys. 412 (2003) L43-L46 In this article we present the results from mid-infrared spectroscopy of a sample of 14 T Tauri stars with silicate emission. The qualitative analysis of the spectra reveals a correlation between the strength of the silicate feature and its shape similar to the o...

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Hauptverfasser: Przygodda, F, van Boekel, R, Àbrahàm, P, Melnikov, S. Y, Waters, L. B. F. M, Leinert, Ch
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Zusammenfassung:Astron.Astrophys. 412 (2003) L43-L46 In this article we present the results from mid-infrared spectroscopy of a sample of 14 T Tauri stars with silicate emission. The qualitative analysis of the spectra reveals a correlation between the strength of the silicate feature and its shape similar to the one which was found recently for the more massive Herbig Ae/Be stars by van Boekel et al. (2003). The comparison with theoretical spectra of amorphous olivine with different grain sizes suggests that this correlation is indicating grain growth in the disks of T Tauri stars. Similar mechanisms of grain processing appear to be effective in both groups of young stars.
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0311587