Protostars, multiplicity, and disk evolution in the Corona Australis
  region: A Herschel Gould Belt Study
  The CrA region and the Coronet cluster form a nearby (138 pc), young (1-2
Myr) star-forming region hosting a moderate population of YSO. We present
Herschel PACS photometry at 100 and 160 micron, obtained as part of the
Herschel Gould Belt Survey. The Herschel maps reveal the cluster members with
high sensitivity and high dynamic range. Many of the cluster members are
detected, including some embedded, very low-mass objects, several protostars,
and substantial emission from the surrounding cloud. The Herschel data provide
sufficient spatial resolution to detect small-scale details, such as bright
filaments around the IRS5 protostar complex and a bubble-shaped rim associated
with the Class I object IRS2. The disks around the Class II objects display a
wide range of mid- and far-IR excesses consistent with different disk
structures. We have modeled the disks using the RADMC radiative transfer code,
finding an interesting mixture of objects for a young and presumably coeval
cluster. Some of them are consistent with flared, massive, relatively
primordial disks (SCrA, TCrA). Others display significant evidence for
inside-out evolution, consistent with the presence of inner holes/gaps (G-85,
G-87). Finally, we find disks with a dramatic small dust depletion (G-1,
HBC677) that, in some cases, could be related to truncation or to the presence
of large gaps in a flared disk (CrA-159). The derived masses for the disks
around the low-mass stars are found to be below the typical values in Taurus,
in agreement with previous Spitzer observations. Given the high degree of
multiplicity and interactions observed among the protostars in the region, the
diversity of disks may be a consequence of the early star formation history,
which should also be taken into account when studying the disk properties in
similar sparsely populated clusters.
