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The Evolution of Circumstellar Disks: Lessons from the VLT and ISO (2001)

Abstract
There is strong evidence that the planets in the solar system evolved from a disk-shaped solar nebula ~4.56 Gyr ago. By studying young stars in various evolutionary stages, one aims at tracing back the early history of the solar system, in particular the timescales for disk dissipation and for the formation of planetary systems. We used the VLT & ISAAC, and ESA's Infrared Space Observatory & ISOCAM to study the circumstellar environment of young low-mass stars.. Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures

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Download http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0106469
Repository arXiv (United States)
Keywords Astrophysics
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