The ALMA Survey of Gas Evolution of PROtoplanetary Disks (AGE-PRO): I. Program Overview and Summary of First Results

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Main Authors: Zhang, Ke, Pérez, Laura M., Pascucci, Ilaria, Pinilla, Paola, Cieza, Lucas A., Carpenter, John, Trapman, Leon, Deng, Dingshan, Agurto-Gangas, Carolina, Sierra, Anibal, Kurtovic, Nicolás T., Ruíz-Rodríguez, Dary A., Vioque, Miguel, Miley, James, Tabone, Benoît, González-Ruilova, Camilo, Anania, Rossella, Rosotti, Giovanni P., TorresVillanueva, Estephani, Hogerheijde, Michiel R., Schwarz, Kamber, Kuznetsova, Aleksandra
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author Zhang, Ke
Pérez, Laura M.
Pascucci, Ilaria
Pinilla, Paola
Cieza, Lucas A.
Carpenter, John
Trapman, Leon
Deng, Dingshan
Agurto-Gangas, Carolina
Sierra, Anibal
Kurtovic, Nicolás T.
Ruíz-Rodríguez, Dary A.
Vioque, Miguel
Miley, James
Tabone, Benoît
González-Ruilova, Camilo
Anania, Rossella
Rosotti, Giovanni P.
TorresVillanueva, Estephani
Hogerheijde, Michiel R.
Schwarz, Kamber
Kuznetsova, Aleksandra
author_facet Zhang, Ke
Pérez, Laura M.
Pascucci, Ilaria
Pinilla, Paola
Cieza, Lucas A.
Carpenter, John
Trapman, Leon
Deng, Dingshan
Agurto-Gangas, Carolina
Sierra, Anibal
Kurtovic, Nicolás T.
Ruíz-Rodríguez, Dary A.
Vioque, Miguel
Miley, James
Tabone, Benoît
González-Ruilova, Camilo
Anania, Rossella
Rosotti, Giovanni P.
TorresVillanueva, Estephani
Hogerheijde, Michiel R.
Schwarz, Kamber
Kuznetsova, Aleksandra
contents We present the ALMA Survey of Gas Evolution of PROtoplanetary Disks (AGE-PRO), a Large Program of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). AGE-PRO aims to systematically trace the evolution of gas disk mass and size throughout the lifetime of protoplanetary disks. It uses a carefully selected sample of 30 disks around M3-K6 stars in three nearby star-forming regions: Ophiuchus (0.5-1 Myr), Lupus (1-3 Myr), and Upper Sco (2-6 Myr). Assuming the three regions had similar initial conditions and evolutionary paths, we find the median gas disk mass appears to decrease with age. Ophiuchus disks have the highest median gas mass (6 M$_{\rm Jup}$), while the Lupus and Upper Sco disks have significantly lower median masses (0.68 and 0.44 M$_{\rm Jup}$, respectively). Notably, the gas and dust disk masses appear to evolve on different timescales. This is evidenced by the median gas-to-dust mass ratio, which decreases from 122 in the youngest disks ($<$1 Myr) to 46 in Lupus disks, and then increases to 120 in the Upper Sco disks. The median gas disk sizes range between 74-110 au, suggesting that typical gas disks are much smaller than those of well-studied, massive disks. Population synthesis models suggest that magneto-hydrodynamic wind-driven accretion can reproduce median disk properties across all three regions, when assuming compact disks with a declining magnetic field over time. In contrast, turbulent-driven models overestimate gas masses of $>$1 Myr disks by an order of magnitude. Here we discuss the program's motivation, survey design, sample selection, observation and data calibration processes, and highlight the initial results.
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spellingShingle The ALMA Survey of Gas Evolution of PROtoplanetary Disks (AGE-PRO): I. Program Overview and Summary of First Results
Zhang, Ke
Pérez, Laura M.
Pascucci, Ilaria
Pinilla, Paola
Cieza, Lucas A.
Carpenter, John
Trapman, Leon
Deng, Dingshan
Agurto-Gangas, Carolina
Sierra, Anibal
Kurtovic, Nicolás T.
Ruíz-Rodríguez, Dary A.
Vioque, Miguel
Miley, James
Tabone, Benoît
González-Ruilova, Camilo
Anania, Rossella
Rosotti, Giovanni P.
TorresVillanueva, Estephani
Hogerheijde, Michiel R.
Schwarz, Kamber
Kuznetsova, Aleksandra
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Astrophysics of Galaxies
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
We present the ALMA Survey of Gas Evolution of PROtoplanetary Disks (AGE-PRO), a Large Program of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). AGE-PRO aims to systematically trace the evolution of gas disk mass and size throughout the lifetime of protoplanetary disks. It uses a carefully selected sample of 30 disks around M3-K6 stars in three nearby star-forming regions: Ophiuchus (0.5-1 Myr), Lupus (1-3 Myr), and Upper Sco (2-6 Myr). Assuming the three regions had similar initial conditions and evolutionary paths, we find the median gas disk mass appears to decrease with age. Ophiuchus disks have the highest median gas mass (6 M$_{\rm Jup}$), while the Lupus and Upper Sco disks have significantly lower median masses (0.68 and 0.44 M$_{\rm Jup}$, respectively). Notably, the gas and dust disk masses appear to evolve on different timescales. This is evidenced by the median gas-to-dust mass ratio, which decreases from 122 in the youngest disks ($<$1 Myr) to 46 in Lupus disks, and then increases to 120 in the Upper Sco disks. The median gas disk sizes range between 74-110 au, suggesting that typical gas disks are much smaller than those of well-studied, massive disks. Population synthesis models suggest that magneto-hydrodynamic wind-driven accretion can reproduce median disk properties across all three regions, when assuming compact disks with a declining magnetic field over time. In contrast, turbulent-driven models overestimate gas masses of $>$1 Myr disks by an order of magnitude. Here we discuss the program's motivation, survey design, sample selection, observation and data calibration processes, and highlight the initial results.
title The ALMA Survey of Gas Evolution of PROtoplanetary Disks (AGE-PRO): I. Program Overview and Summary of First Results
topic Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Astrophysics of Galaxies
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10719