Infrared Array Camera (irac) Colors of Young Stellar Objects
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We compare the infrared colors predicted by theoretical models of protostellar envelopes and protoplanetary disks with initial observations of young stellar objects made with the Infrared Array Camera ( IRAC) on the Spitzer Space Telescope. Disk and envelope models characterized by infall and/or accretion rates found in previous studies can quantitatively account for the range of IRAC colors found in four young embedded clusters: S140, S171, NGC 7129, and Cep C. The IRAC color-color diagram ([3.6] [4.5] vs. [5.8] [8.0]) can be used to help distinguish between young stars with only disk emission and protostars with circumstellar envelopes. Subject headings: infrared: stars — stars: formation — stars: pre–main-sequence
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