GILLETTSYMPOSIUMSUMMARY.pptVIP

GILLETT SYMPOSIUM SUMMARY 11- 13 April, 2002 Stephen E. Strom Disk Accretion Phase: Ubiquity 100% for stars with M 1 MO (observed) 100% for higher mass stars (inferred) Collimated jets Evidence for ‘funnel flows’ Rotational properties J/M vs M is continuous Accretion through disks enables assembly Radiation pressure would otherwise reverse accretion Disk Accretion Phase: Lifetimes 0.1 t 10 Myr for solar-type stars Upper limit not well established Environment may affect lifetimes Photoevaporation; tidal interactions 0.1 t ? Myr for higher mass stars Disk lifetimes are shorter than for 1 MO stars Stellar rotation provides additional clues N(vsini) for a Per requires disk lifetimes up to ~5 Myr Rotation rates higher in high density regions Shorter disk lifetimes? Higher accretion rates? Caveat: PMS ages are highly uncertain for t 3 Myr Tracks Birthline Uncertainties in L, Teff Inner Accretion Disk Lifetimes (Meyer) Disk Accretion Phase: Masses Total mass estimates based on dust mass mm continuum emission Range: Mdust ~ 10-3 to 10-5 MO These are lower limits Mass in t 1 regions underestimated Large bodies not detected Mass estimates depend on (uncertain) grain properties No reliable estimates of gas content The total mass available for planet building may well exceed the “minimum mass nebula” Mass comprising star passes through a disk Instantaneous disk mass is a lower limit Disk Accretion Phase: Sizes Largest centrifugally supported disks: ~ 300 AU Larger, structures found, but no evidence of rotational support Orion silhouette disks provide direct measurement 20 r 200 AU (~ 50 disks) Photo-evaporation and tidal encounters may truncate disks in rich, dense environments Correlation between disk size and proximity to q Ori Kuiper belt cutoff may reflect photo-evaporation (Hollenbach) Disk Accretion Phase: Accretion Rates Estimated from ultraviolet excess emission Measures inner disk accretion rate dM/dt increases with in