Detecting the Dusty Debris of Terrestrial Planet Formation
Astrophysics
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
We use a multiannulus accretion code to investigate debris disks in the terrestrial zone, at 0.7-1.3 AU around a 1 solar mass star. Terrestrial planet formation produces a bright dusty ring of debris with a lifetime of at least 1 Myr. The early phases of terrestrial planet formation are observable with current facilities; the late stages require more advanced instruments with adaptive optics.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0401343,
title = {Detecting the Dusty Debris of Terrestrial Planet Formation},
author = {Scott J Kenyon and Benjamin C Bromley},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0401343},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
11 pages of text, 3 figures, accepted for ApJ Letters, additional info at http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/~kenyon/pf/terra/td1