ScoCen debris disks around B- and A-type stars

Combining our MIPS observations with those of other ScoCen stars in the literature, we estimate 24 micron B+A-type disk fractions of 17/67 (25^+6^_-5_%), 36/131 (27^+4^_-5_%), and 23/95 (24^+5^_-4_%) for Upper Scorpius (~11Myr), Upper Centaurus Lupus (~15Myr), and Lower Centaurus Crux (~17Myr), respectively, somewhat smaller disk fractions than previously obtained for F- and G-type members.

We confirm previous IRAS excess detections and present new discoveries of 51 protoplanetary and debris disk systems, with fractional infrared luminosities ranging from LIR/L*=10^-6^ to 10^-2^ and grain temperatures ranging from Tgr=40 to 300K. In addition, we confirm that the 24 micron and 70 micron excesses (or fractional infrared luminosities) around B+A-type stars are smaller than those measured toward F+G-type stars and hypothesize that the observed disk property dependence on stellar mass may be the result of a higher stellar companion fraction around B- and A-type stars at 10-200AU.