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Paper: |
The Role of Opacities in Calculating the Structure and Evolution of Protoplanetary Disks |
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515, Workshop on Astrophysical Opacities |
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231 |
Authors: |
Calvet, N. |
Abstract: |
The most important heating agent of protoplanetary disks is absorption of radiation arising in the very active stellar atmosphere and in the accretion flows onto the star. Here, I give a brief review of the opacity mechanisms important in disks and of their current treatment. |
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