A Study of Protoplanetary Disk Evolution in Infrared CO

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dc.contributor.advisorBanzatti, Andrea
dc.contributor.authorSanchez, Michael A.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberRangelov, Blagoy
dc.contributor.committeeMemberOlson, Donald
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-12T14:57:36Z
dc.date.available2021-08-12T14:57:36Z
dc.date.issued2021-08
dc.description.abstractThe inner radii (< 10 AU) of protoplanetary disks (PPDs) are the birthplaces of exoplanets. Understanding what happens at these planet-forming distances requires the knowledge of inner gaseous disk evolution. Carbon monoxide (<sup>12</sup>CO; hereafter CO) gas is known to be an effective tracer of excited molecular gas at small radii (0.01 AU – 10 AU). Therefore, in this work, the depletion of molecular gas is traced as the planet-forming regions of PPDs evolve and become gas-poor. To probe CO gas properties, a LTE (local thermal equilibrium) molecular excitation model is employed. Spectral emission of CO and H<sub>2</sub> (molecular hydrogen) gas are compared to analyze gas properties in both gas-rich, full disks and gas-poor transition disks. This approach demonstrates a radial stratification of molecular gas: CO lines are increasingly narrower than H2 lines for disks with large inner gaps, or cavities, suggesting a recession of CO gas in the inner disk. In this thesis, I report results from an excitation analysis of CO spectra to identify how inner disk gas properties change as inner dust cavities form.
dc.description.departmentPhysics
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dc.format.extent66 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationSánchez, M. A. (2021). <i>A study of protoplanetary disk evolution in infrared CO</i> (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/14296
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectProtoplanetary disks
dc.subjectEmission spectroscopy
dc.subjectAstronomy
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleA Study of Protoplanetary Disk Evolution in Infrared CO
dc.typeThesis
thesis.degree.departmentPhysics
thesis.degree.disciplinePhysics
thesis.degree.grantorTexas State University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science

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