Planetesimal growth through the accretion of small solids
The growth and migration of planetesimals in a young protoplanetary disk is fundamental to the planet formation process. However, in our modeling of early growth, there are a several processes that can inhibit smaller grains from growing to larger sizes, making growth beyond size scales of centimete...
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Language: | English |
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University of British Columbia
2016
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/58965 |