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The Late Stages of Protoplanetary Disk Evolution: A Millimeter Survey of Upper Scorpius

Published 1 Nov 2011 in astro-ph.SR | (1111.0101v2)

Abstract: We present deep 1.2 millimeter photometry of 37 stars in the young (5 Myr) Upper Scorpius OB association, sensitive to ~4 x 10-3 Mjup of cool millimeter dust. Disks around four low- and solar-mass stars are detected, as well as one debris disk around an intermediate mass star, with dust masses ranging from 3.6 x 10-3 -- 1.0 x 10-1 Mjup. The source with the most massive disk exhibits a transition-disk spectral energy distribution. Combining our results with previous studies, we find the millimeter-detection fraction of Class II sources has significantly decreased from younger ages, and comparison with near-infrared and Halpha measurements indicates the present disks have undergone significant evolution in composition or structure at all radii. The disks of Upper Scorpius represent the tail-end of the depletion of primordial disks; while a few near-solar mass stars may still sustain giant planet formation, this process has finished around higher mass stars

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