Disk Dispersal and Planet Formation Time Scales
Astrophysics
2009-11-13 v1
Abstract
Well before the existence of exo-solar systems was confirmed, it was accepted knowledge that most -- if not all -- stars possess circumstellar material during the first one-to-several million years of their pre-main sequence lives, and thus that they commonly have the potential to form planets. Here I summarize current understanding regarding the evolution of proto-planetary dust and gas disks, emphasizing the diversity in evolutionary paths.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0805.0386,
title = {Disk Dispersal and Planet Formation Time Scales},
author = {Lynne A. Hillenbrand},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0805.0386},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Similar to version that will be published by IOP in 2008, Physica Scripta (Special Issue on Nobel Symposium 135: Physics of Planetary Systems)