Modelling and interpretation of SEDs
Abstract
Circumstellar disks are mostly detected by larger continuum fluxes in the infrared to mm spectral regions as compared to naked stars (a flux excess). The analysis of the Spectral Energy Distribution (SED) of that flux excess was crucial for the development of the first theories about protoplanetary disks, and even nowadays, it is still one of the major tools to physically characterise the disks in terms of their mass, inner holes and gaps, vertical extension & shape, dust properties, and evolutionary state. In this chapter, we will review some of the early simple theories, show some examples, discuss the influence of typical disk shape and dust size parameters in modern SED analysis, and discuss how degenerate the results can be.
Citation
Woitke , P 2015 , ' Modelling and interpretation of SEDs ' , EPJ Web of Conferences , vol. 102 , 00007 . https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201510200007
Publication
EPJ Web of Conferences
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
2100-014XType
Journal article
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© Owned by author, published by EDP Sciences, 2015. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union Seventh Framework Programme FP7-2011 under grant agreement no 284405. 6th Lecture from Summer School “Protoplanetary Disks: Theory and Modelling Meet Observations”Collections
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