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PROMPT PLANETESIMAL FORMATION BEYOND THE SNOW LINE

  • Authors: Philip J. Armitage, Josh A. Eisner, and Jacob B. Simon

2016 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 828 L2.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 3.

Example steady-state surface density profiles of millimeter-sized (green) and centimeter-sized (blue) particles, water vapor (dashed lines), and gas, for the disk model with ﹩\dot{M}={10}^{-8}\ {M}_{\odot }\ {\mathrm{yr}}^{-1}﹩. Outward diffusion and condensation of vapor lead to a modest enhancement of the solid surface density outside the snow line for centimeter-sized (and larger) particles.

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