Photoelectric Cross-sections of Gas and Dust in Protoplanetary Disks
dc.contributor.author | Bethell, Thomas J. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Bergin, Edwin A. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-04-06T20:57:26Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-04-06T20:57:26Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Bethell, T. J.; Bergin, Edwin A. (2011). "Photoelectric Cross-sections of Gas and Dust in Protoplanetary Disks." The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 740, 1, 7. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/90765> | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://stacks.iop.org/0004-637X/740/i=1/a=7 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/90765 | |
dc.description.abstract | We provide simple polynomial fits to the X-ray photoelectric cross-sections (0.03 keV < E < 10 keV) for mixtures of gas and dust found in protoplanetary disks. Using the solar elemental abundances of Asplund et al., we treat the gas and dust components separately, facilitating the further exploration of evolutionary processes such as grain settling and gain growth. We find that blanketing due to advanced grain growth ( a max > 1 _m) can reduce the X-ray opacity of dust appreciably at E X ~ 1 keV, coincident with the peak of typical T Tauri X-ray spectra. However, the reduction of dust opacity by dust settling, which is known to occur in protoplanetary disks, is probably a more significant effect. The absorption of 1-10 keV X-rays is dominated by gas opacity once the dust abundance has been reduced to about 1% of its diffuse interstellar value. The gas disk establishes a floor to the opacity at which point X-ray transport becomes insensitive to further dust evolution. Our choice of fitting function follows that of Morrison & McCammon, providing a degree of backward compatibility. | en_US |
dc.publisher | IOP Publishing | en_US |
dc.title | Photoelectric Cross-sections of Gas and Dust in Protoplanetary Disks | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Physics | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/90765/1/0004-637X_740_1_7.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1088/0004-637X-740-1-7 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | The Astrophysical Journal | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Physics, Department of |
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