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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES
Volume 165, Issue 2, Pages 568-605Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1086/505468
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circumstellar matter; infrared : stars; planetary systems : protoplanetary disks; stars : pre-main-sequence
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We present mid-infrared spectra of T Tauri stars in the Taurus star-forming region obtained with the Spitzer Infrared Spectrograph (IRS). For the first time, the 5-36 mu m spectra of a large sample of T Tauri stars belonging to the same star-forming region is studied, revealing details of the mid-infrared excess due to dust in circumstellar disks. We analyze common features and differences in the mid-IR spectra based on disk structure, dust grain properties, and the presence of companions. Our analysis encompasses spectral energy distributions from the optical to the far-infrared, a morphological sequence based on the IRS spectra, and spectral indices in IRS wave bands representative of continuum emission. By comparing the observed spectra to a grid of accretion disk models, we infer some basic disk properties for our sample of T Tauri stars and find additional evidence for dust settling.
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