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In this paper we present preliminary results on the size distribution of proto-planetary (“proplyds”) disks in the Trapezium Cluster, as measured from HST/
WFPC2 in the H α (0.656μm) images. Direct size measurements of a sample of 134 bright proplyds and 14 silhouettes disks, suggest that the size distribution of circumstellar disks in the Trapezium cluster is well characterized by a power-law distribution with an exponent of -2.6 between disk diameters 100–500 AU.
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Vicente, S.M., Alves, J. Size Distribution of Disks in the Trapezium Cluster. In: Brandner, W., Kasper, M.E. (eds) Science with Adaptive Optics. ESO Astrophysics Symposia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10828557_36
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