What happened before? -- The disks around the precursors of young Herbig Ae/Be stars

Abstract

We seek to find the precursors of the Herbig Ae/Be stars in the solar vicinity within 500 pc from the Sun. We do this by creating an optically selected sample of intermediate mass T-Tauri stars (IMTT stars) here defined as stars of masses $1.5M_{\odot }\le M_{\ast }\le 5M_{\odot }$ and spectral type between F and K3, from literature. We use literature optical photometry (0.4-1.25$\mu$m) and distances determined from Gaia DR2 parallax measurements together with Kurucz stellar model spectra to place the stars in a HR-diagram. With Siess evolutionary tracks we identify intermediate mass T-Tauri stars from literature and derive masses and ages. We use Spitzer spectra to classify the disks around the stars into Meeus Group I and Group II disks based on their [F${}_{30}$/F${}_{13.5}$] spectral index. We also examine the 10$\mu$m silicate dust grain emission and identify emission from Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH). From this we build a qualitative picture of the disks around the intermediate mass T-Tauri stars and compare this with available spatially resolved images at infrared and at sub-millimeter wavelengths to confirm our classification. We find 49 intermediate mass T-Tauri stars with infrared excess. The identified disks are similar to the older Herbig Ae/Be stars in disk geometries and silicate dust grain population. Spatially resolved images at infra-red and sub-mm wavelengths suggest gaps and spirals are also present around the younger precursors to the Herbig Ae/Be stars. Comparing the timescale of stellar evolution towards the main sequence and current models of protoplanetary disk evolution the similarity between Herbig Ae/Be stars and the intermediate mass T-Tauri stars points towards an evolution of Group I and Group II disks that are disconnected, and that they represent two different evolutionary paths.

25 pages, 9 figures, 8 tables, accepted by Astronomy & Astrophysics

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