Detecting the Dusty Debris of Terrestrial Planet Formation
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- 16 January 2004
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.Keywords
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- Version 1, 2004-01-16, ArXiv
- Published version: The Astrophysical Journal, 602 (2), L133.
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