Issue |
A&A
Volume 427, Number 2, November IV 2004
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Page(s) | 561 - 566 | |
Section | Interstellar and circumstellar matter | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034235 | |
Published online | 28 October 2004 |
Modeling the gas reservoir of circumstellar disks around young G-type stars
1
Leiden Observatory, PO Box 9513, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
2
Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA e-mail: kamp@stsci.edu
Received:
27
August
2003
Accepted:
27
July
2004
Interpretation of molecular line observations in tenuous circumstellar disks around young G-type stars in terms of a disk mass is difficult without a model that describes the chemical structure of these disks. This paper discusses the chemistry in tenuous disks around young solar-type stars based on disk models that take into account the presence of a stellar chromosphere. The example of the disk around a 70 Myr old solar-type star shows that the dissociating radiation from the chromosphere is stronger than the interstellar ultraviolet radiation field up to a distance of ~400 AU from the star. Similar to other studies in this research field, it is found that, due to photodissociation, the CO-to-H2 ratio is far from the canonical value of 10-4 for molecular clouds. Moreover, the dust-to-gas mass ratio as well as the dust grain size plays an important role for the H2 abundance in these disks.
Key words: stars: chromospheres / stars: circumstellar matter / stars: pre-main sequence / stars: individual: HD 123160
© ESO, 2004
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