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Growing Planets Produce Extreme Dust Signatures

  • Authors: Philip J. Carter, Zoë M. Leinhardt

Philip J. Carter and Zoë M. Leinhardt 2026 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1007 .

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure A1.

Progression of four example simulated collisions showing materials. Materials and provenance of mass (core—light/dark pink, mantle—purple/dark blue—for target/projectile) in the midplane for the same four example collisions shown in Figures 1 and A2. The number in the upper right of each panel is the simulation time in hours. Plots show the SPH particle positions. A: an accretion collision with a 10−3 M target, a mass ratio of 10−2 at 3vesc, and an impact angle of 30 (b = 0.5). B: a mildly erosive collision with a 1 M target, a mass ratio of 0.1 at 5vesc, and an impact angle of 45 (b = 0.707). C: a hit-and-run collision with a 0.1 M target, a mass ratio of 0.5 at 4vesc, and an impact angle of 60 (b = 0.87). D: an erosive collision with a 0.1 M target, a mass ratio of 0.1 at 12vesc, and an impact angle of 30 (b = 0.5). Note a different scale is used for each collision.

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