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Pristine composition or size evolution: Can current dust models reproduce emissivities observed in nearby protostars?

M.-A. Carpine , A. Maury , N. Ysard , L. Cacciapuoti This is my paper

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Radiative transfer models show that standard dust compositions cannot produce the lowest emissivity indices seen in nearby protostars.

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The paper tests whether differences in dust chemical makeup alone can account for the range of spectral indices measured toward embedded protostars. It runs radiative transfer calculations through a fixed envelope model using several commonly adopted sets of dust optical constants and compares the resulting millimeter spectral indices to published observations. While the models generate noticeable variation in spectral index, none reach the lowest values reported for some sources. The authors conclude that early growth to millimeter-sized grains must be included to match the full set of data. This matters because the emissivity index directly affects mass estimates and the inferred starting conditions for planet formation.

Core claim

Radiative transfer computations through a model protostellar envelope using different standard dust optical properties produce a range of spectral indices, yet the lowest observed values still require the addition of unexpectedly large millimeter-sized grains. The calculations demonstrate that spectral indices at millimeter wavelengths can be recovered from observations with very little uncertainty when appropriate methods are used. Variation between sources and models therefore indicates that intrinsic dust composition is insufficient by itself, so early dust evolution producing larger grains must be considered.

What carries the argument

Radiative transfer modeling of thermal dust emission in a protostellar envelope, run separately for each of several published sets of dust optical properties to predict the millimeter spectral index.

If this is right

  • Different dust compositions alone generate a measurable spread in spectral index without any change in grain size.
  • The lowest observed spectral indices remain unreachable unless millimeter-sized grains are included.
  • Spectral index measurements at millimeter wavelengths can be obtained with low uncertainty using standard observational techniques.
  • Dust composition by itself does not explain the full range of emissivity indices in protostellar envelopes.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • If grain growth is required this early, coagulation may already be active in the prestellar core phase.
  • Mass estimates derived from millimeter continuum data could be systematically revised once larger grains are included in the models.
  • Longer-wavelength observations could distinguish between composition effects and size distribution effects in the same sources.

Load-bearing premise

The chosen envelope density structure and the selected dust optical property sets are representative of the physical conditions and grain populations in the observed nearby protostars.

What would settle it

A set of multi-wavelength observations of additional protostars that yield spectral indices below the minimum value produced by any of the tested dust models, after the envelope structure has been independently constrained.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2606.29895 by A. Maury, L. Cacciapuoti, M.-A. Carpine, N. Ysard.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: Dust density map of the template MHD model used in this [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p003_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: Dust size distributions in mass, number, and extinc [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p003_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: Dust temperature distribution obtained from the radiative [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: Each dust model (one per column) is used to produce the [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_4.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 5. Figure 5: Emissivity index maps, derived from the intensity flux [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p005_5.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 6. Figure 6: Comparison of the radial emissivity index for di [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p006_6.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 7. Figure 7: Comparison of the radial emissivity index for di [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_7.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 8. Figure 8: Emissivity index of cores observed in Galametz et al. (2019); Cacciapuoti et al. (2025); Nozari et al. (2025); Bracco et al. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_8.png] view at source ↗
read the original abstract

Interstellar dust is a crucial asset in many astronomical observations. Characterising grains present in the dense gas and in star-forming environments is also key to constrain the pristine conditions for planetary formation. However, dust properties remain poorly characterised and are still debated: low dust emissivities observed in nearby protostars are not completely explained to this day. In this study, we aim to determine whether it is possible to retrieve the dust properties from multi-wavelength observations of the dust emission towards embedded protostars, and the extent to which current dust models can reproduce the observed values of the dust emissivity index in young protostars. We perform radiative transfer computations of the thermal dust emission from a model protostellar envelope, considering different dust optical properties commonly used in the community. This allows us to explore the effects of dust composition on the spectral index, to try and explain the variation in the emissivity index in nearby protostars observations. We find large variations in the spectral index as the sole result of different dust models, without the need for dust grain size evolution. However, our work does not allow us to reproduce the lowest emissivity index values found in some protostellar envelopes without including unexpectedly large millimetre-sized processed grains. We show that appropriate methods permits to measure the dust emissivity from observations of the spectral index at millimetre wavelengths with very little uncertainty. Variation in emissivity index between the different observed sources and the dust models most commonly used by the community implies that the intrinsic composition of dust is not sufficient to explain the lowest spectral index values. Thus, early dust evolution producing larger dust grains may have to be taken into account to obtain a complete picture.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper performs radiative transfer calculations of thermal dust emission from a single model protostellar envelope using several commonly adopted dust optical property sets. It reports that composition-driven variations in the emissivity index are substantial but insufficient to reach the lowest values seen in observations of nearby protostars; reproducing those requires the addition of unexpectedly large (millimeter-sized) grains. The work also presents a method for extracting the dust emissivity index from millimeter-wavelength spectral indices with low uncertainty and concludes that early grain growth must be invoked in addition to composition effects.

Significance. If the central result holds after addressing the fixed-envelope limitation, the paper would strengthen the case that standard dust models are incomplete for the densest protostellar environments and that grain-growth processes operate on short timescales. It supplies a concrete, observationally accessible diagnostic (the millimeter spectral index) and demonstrates that multiple published dust models produce distinguishable index ranges, which is useful for future modeling efforts.

major comments (1)
  1. [Abstract and model description] Abstract and model-setup description: radiative transfer is performed on a single fixed protostellar envelope. Because envelope density profile, temperature structure, and optical depth are held constant while only dust properties are varied, the analysis cannot test whether structural differences among the observed sources could produce the lowest indices even with standard dust. This assumption is load-bearing for the claim that composition alone is insufficient.
minor comments (1)
  1. [Abstract] The abstract states the headline conclusion but omits any numerical values for the modeled versus observed indices or the exact envelope parameters; adding these would improve immediate readability.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their constructive review and the opportunity to clarify aspects of our work. We address the single major comment below and will revise the manuscript accordingly to strengthen the presentation of our assumptions.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract and model description] Abstract and model-setup description: radiative transfer is performed on a single fixed protostellar envelope. Because envelope density profile, temperature structure, and optical depth are held constant while only dust properties are varied, the analysis cannot test whether structural differences among the observed sources could produce the lowest indices even with standard dust. This assumption is load-bearing for the claim that composition alone is insufficient.

    Authors: We acknowledge the validity of this point: our radiative-transfer calculations deliberately fix the envelope parameters to isolate the impact of varying dust optical properties. This setup follows standard practice for such comparative studies and uses a representative Class 0 envelope model whose density and temperature profiles are consistent with those inferred for the observed protostars. The spectral-index extraction method we introduce is formulated to minimize sensitivity to moderate structural variations. Nevertheless, we agree that the manuscript would benefit from an explicit discussion of this assumption and its implications. In the revised version we will (i) justify the choice of envelope with reference to observed source properties, (ii) note that extreme structural adjustments required to reach the lowest observed indices with standard dust are not supported by existing continuum and line data, and (iii) add a short paragraph outlining how future work could explore a grid of envelopes. These additions constitute a targeted revision rather than new calculations. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity; direct comparison of standard models to external observations

full rationale

The derivation consists of radiative transfer runs on a fixed envelope model using off-the-shelf dust optical properties taken from the literature, followed by a straightforward numerical comparison of the resulting spectral indices against independently measured values from protostellar observations. No quantity is fitted to the target data and then re-derived as a prediction, no self-citation supplies a load-bearing uniqueness theorem, and no ansatz is smuggled in. The central claim (standard compositions insufficient for the lowest indices) is therefore an independent empirical outcome rather than a definitional restatement of the inputs.

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