17th Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems and the Sun
June 24-29, 2012
Type: Invited
Topic: Formation and Evolution of Cool Stars and Brown Dwarfs
Abstract
Protoplanetary disks provide the building blocks and the physical and chemical
conditions for planet formation. Their properties and evolution have a fundamental impact
on the architecture of the emerging planetary systems. I will review the disk properties
around very low mass stars and brown dwarfs and compare these disks to disks around
sun-like and intermediate-mass stars.