Turbulence sets the length scale for planetesimal dormation: local 2D simulations of streaming instability and planetesimal formation

The trans-Neptunian object 2014 MU69, named Arrokoth, is the most recent evidence that planetesimals did not form by successive collisions of smaller objects, but by the direct gravitational collapse of a pebble cloud. But what process sets the physical scales on which this collapse may occur? Star...

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Hauptverfasser: Klahr, Hubert (VerfasserIn) , Schreiber, Andreas (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2020 September 21
In: The astrophysical journal
Year: 2020, Jahrgang: 901, Heft: 1, Pages: 1-22
ISSN:1538-4357
DOI:10.3847/1538-4357/abac58
Online-Zugang:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abac58
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Verfasserangaben:Hubert Klahr and Andreas Schreiber

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