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Spectral Energy Distributi<strong>on</strong>s<br />

<strong>of</strong> the Young Stars with Disks<br />

<strong>in</strong> Serpens<br />

We present the spectral energy distributi<strong>on</strong>s (SEDs) <strong>of</strong> the young stars surrounded by disks<br />

<strong>in</strong> the Serpens Molecular Cloud. <strong>The</strong> SEDs allow a correct separati<strong>on</strong> between the stellar<br />

radiati<strong>on</strong> from that re-emitted by the disks. Tak<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>to account the distance <strong>of</strong> 415 pc, the<br />

distributi<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> ages is shifted to lower values, <strong>in</strong> the 1 – 3 Myr range, with a tail up to 10<br />

Myr. <strong>The</strong> mass distributi<strong>on</strong> varies between 0.2 and 1.2 M ⊙, with median mass <strong>of</strong> 0.7 M ⊙.<br />

<strong>The</strong> distributi<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> fracti<strong>on</strong>al disk lum<strong>in</strong>osities resembles that <strong>of</strong> the young Taurus Molecular<br />

Cloud, with most disks c<strong>on</strong>sistent with passively irradiated disks. <strong>The</strong> actively accret<strong>in</strong>g and<br />

n<strong>on</strong>-accret<strong>in</strong>g stars show very similar distributi<strong>on</strong>s <strong>in</strong> fracti<strong>on</strong>al disk lum<strong>in</strong>osities, differ<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong><br />

the brighter tail. Comparis<strong>on</strong> with a sample <strong>of</strong> Herbig Ae/Be stars shows that the T Tauri<br />

disks do not show the clear separati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> fracti<strong>on</strong>al disk lum<strong>in</strong>osities for different geometries<br />

as seen for disks around the more massive Herbig Ae/Be. Furthermore, the results for the<br />

m<strong>in</strong>eralogy <strong>of</strong> the dust <strong>in</strong> the disk surface do not seem to be directly related to either stellar<br />

or disk characteristics.<br />

Isa Oliveira, Bruno Merín, Ew<strong>in</strong>e F. van Dishoeck, Klaus M. P<strong>on</strong>toppidan<br />

In preparati<strong>on</strong>

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