The Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems: Placing Our Solar System in Context with Spitzer

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dc.creatorMeyer, Michael R.
dc.creatorHillenbrand, Lynne A.
dc.creatorBackman, Dana
dc.creatorBeckwith, Steve
dc.creatorBouwman, Jeroen
dc.creatorBrooke, Tim
dc.creatorCarpenter, John
dc.creatorCohen, Martin
dc.creatorCortes, Stephanie
dc.creatorCrockett, Nathan
dc.creatorGorti, Uma
dc.creatorHenning, Thomas
dc.creatorHines, Dean
dc.creatorHollenbach, David
dc.creatorKim, Jinyoung Serena
dc.creatorLunine, Jonathan
dc.creatorMalhotra, Renu
dc.creatorMamajek, Eric
dc.creatorMorris, Pat
dc.creatorNajita, Joan
dc.creatorMoro-Martin, Amaya
dc.creatorPadgett, Deborah
dc.creatorMetchev, Stanimir
dc.creatorPascucci, Ilaria
dc.creatorRodmann, Jens
dc.creatorSchlingman, Wayne
dc.creatorSilverstone, Murray
dc.creatorSoderblom, David
dc.creatorStauffer, John
dc.creatorStobie, Elizabeth
dc.creatorStrom, Steve
dc.creatorWatson, Dan
dc.creatorWeidenschilling, Stuart
dc.creatorWolf, Sebastian
dc.creatorYoung, Erick
dc.date2007-01-03
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T07:38:07Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T07:38:07Z
dc.descriptionWe provide an overview of the Spitzer Legacy Program ``Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems" (FEPS) which was proposed in 2000, begun in 2001, and executed aboard the Spitzer Space Telescope between 2003 and 2006. This program exploits the sensitivity of Spitzer to carry out mid-infrared spectrophotometric observations of solar-type stars. With a sample of ~ 328 stars ranging in age from ~ 3 Myr to ~ 3 Gyr, we trace the evolution of circumstellar gas and dust from primordial planet-building stages in young circumstellar disks through to older collisionally generated debris disks. When completed, our program will help define the time scales over which terrestrial and gas giant planets are built, constrain the frequency of planetesimal collisions as a function of time, and establish the diversity of mature planetary architectures. In addition to the observational program, we have coordinated a concomitant theoretical effort aimed at understanding the dynamics of circumstellar dust with and without the effects of embedded planets, dust spectral energy distributions, and atomic and molecular gas line emission. Together with the observations, these efforts will provide astronomical context for understanding whether our Solar System - and its habitable planet - is a common or a rare circumstance. Additional information about the FEPS project can be found on the team website: feps.as.arizona.edu
dc.descriptionTo appear in the PASP, December, 2006
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0701058
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0701058
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/121006
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleThe Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems: Placing Our Solar System in Context with Spitzer
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