Dynamical Evolution of Protoplanetary Disks
| dc.creator | Kenyon, Scott J. | |
| dc.date | 2000-10-02 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T01:55:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T01:55:46Z | |
| dc.description | This paper reviews the theory of protostellar debris disks. After a brief introduction to accretion disk physics, I describe coagulation models of planet formation in the outer regions of planetesimal disks. Coagulation models for the Kuiper Belt produce Pluto-sized objects on timescales of 10-40 Myr. These models yield size distributions which agree with observations of Kuiper Belt objects with red magnitudes, R = 20-27. Velocity stirring models for other debris disk systems demonstrate that 500 km or larger objects can stir the velocities of small objects up to the shattering limit needed to begin a collisional cascade. | |
| dc.description | 24 pages with 6 figures; to appear in the Proceedings of Galactic Structure, Stars, and the Interstellar Medium, a NASA Legacy meeting, edited by M. D. Bicay and C. E. Woodward | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0010036 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0010036 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/1770 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | Dynamical Evolution of Protoplanetary Disks | |
| dc.type | text |