Accretion onto pre-main-sequence stars

L Hartmann, G Herczeg, N Calvet - Annual Review of Astronomy …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Accretion through circumstellar disks plays an important role in star formation and in
establishing the properties of the regions in which planets form and migrate. The …

The chemical composition of comets—emerging taxonomies and natal heritage

MJ Mumma, SB Charnley - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Cometary nuclei contain the least modified material from the formative epoch of our
planetary system, and their compositions reflect a range of processes experienced by …

ALMA survey of lupus protoplanetary disks. I. Dust and gas masses

M Ansdell, JP Williams, N van der Marel… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the first high-resolution sub-millimeter survey of both dust and gas for a large
population of protoplanetary disks. Characterizing fundamental properties of protoplanetary …

Disks around t tauri stars with sphere (dartts-s). i. sphere/irdis polarimetric imaging of eight prominent t tauri disks

H Avenhaus, SP Quanz, A Garufi, S Perez… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the first part of our Disks ARound T Tauri Stars with SPHERE (DARTTS-S)
survey: observations of eight T Tauri stars that were selected based on their strong (sub) …

Resolved images of large cavities in protoplanetary transition disks

SM Andrews, DJ Wilner, C Espaillat… - The Astrophysical …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Circumstellar disks are thought to experience a rapid" transition" phase in their evolution that
can have a considerable impact on the formation and early development of planetary …

The spitzer space telescope survey of the Orion A and B molecular clouds. I. A census of dusty young stellar objects and a study of their mid-infrared variability

ST Megeath, R Gutermuth, J Muzerolle… - The Astronomical …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a survey of the Orion A and B molecular clouds undertaken with the IRAC and
MIPS instruments on board Spitzer. In total, five distinct fields were mapped, covering 9 deg …

Protoplanetary disks and their evolution

JP Williams, LA Cieza - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Flattened, rotating disks of cool dust and gas extending for tens to hundreds of astronomical
units are found around almost all low-mass stars shortly after their birth. These disks …

Lupus disks with faint CO isotopologues: low gas/dust or high carbon depletion?

A Miotello, EF van Dishoeck, JP Williams… - Astronomy & …, 2017 - aanda.org
Context. An era has started in which gas and dust can be observed independently in
protoplanetary disks, thanks to the recent surveys with the Atacama Large Millimeter/sub …

Protoplanetary disk lifetimes vs. stellar mass and possible implications for giant planet populations

Á Ribas, H Bouy, B Merín - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2015 - aanda.org
Aims. We study the dependence of protoplanetary disk evolution on stellar mass using a
large sample of young stellar objects in nearby young star-forming regions. Methods. We …

An observational perspective of transitional disks

C Espaillat, J Muzerolle, J Najita, S Andrews… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2014 - arxiv.org
Transitional disks are objects whose inner disk regions have undergone substantial
clearing. The Spitzer Space Telescope produced detailed spectral energy distributions …