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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hughes, Anna
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/58965

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