Planetesimals Dynamics#


Introduction

Intro paragraph

Plan


  • Summary

Notes

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Planetesimals#

  • [Weidenschilling, 1980]: numerical model for computing simultaneous coagulation and settling (gravitational instability/non-Keplerian rotation of nebula), composite process forms km sized planetesimals

Disk instabilities#

  • []: hybrid model for planetesimal formation (particle growth starts unaided by self-gravity but later proceeds inside gravitationally collapsing pebble clumps to form planetesimals with a wide range of sizes)
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Note

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Overcoming The Bouncing Barrier#


2 Scenarios:

  • Gravitational instability
  • Mass transfer

cf [] for good introduction + Modelling and experiments on dust emission from comets etc., homogeneous layers of μm sized dust particles reach tensile strengths (103 – 104 Pa) far higher than water’s sublimation pressure, model of formation by gravitational instability leads to tensile strength of 1 Pa instead => could explain water driven comet activity (minimum size for dust-aggregates: ≈ 1 mm) => cometesimals must have formed by gravitational instability


Gravitational collapse ?#

[]: Lab experiments, sublimation of freely levitating ice aggregates, frequent break up, sublimation of drifting ice aggregates might locally increase the density of small dust (silicate)

Title#

Let’s jump over the Bouncing Barrier and have a look at thos km bodies that may have formed.

Planetesimals#

Dynamic Evolution of the Early Solar System#

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Overcoming the bouncing barrier#

Electrical charging#

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Growth Mechanism#

Sintering ? #

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  • []: Sintering increases strength of neck in aggregates, sintering region can span whole nebula
  • []: Numerical simulations (sintering of icy dust aggregates), accumulation of fragments in particular region of protoplanetary nebula, planetesimal formation by gravitational instability

Rocky Planet formation#

[] : Two different scenarios for rocky planet formation

From planet formation to planet atmosphere#

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