R17 Models: Synthetic Spectral Energy Distributions for Young Stellar Objects

A modular set of young stellar object (YSO) models with associated spectral energy distributions (SEDs) calculated through radiative transfer. It is an update to the data published alongside Robitaille (2017), adding new parameters and filter convolutions. The dataset was released by Thomas Robitaille of the University of Florida in 2023.

Use Cases

• Modeling stellar formation and evolution based on radiative transfer calculations.
• Calibrating telescope observations by convolving synthetic SEDs with instrument-specific filters.
• Analyzing the relationship between physical parameters like envelope mass and disk stability.
• Comparing updated model outputs with previous generations for research validation.

Strengths

• Represents a significant update to a previously published dataset, adding new parameters like envelope mass and average dust temperature.
• Includes convolution with modern telescope filters, such as those on the James Webb Space Telescope.
• Provides a script to facilitate convolution with additional user-defined filters.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

University of Florida

Collection Method

Radiative transfer calculations applied to stellar models.