2003/05/29 by Nader Haghighipour, Alan P. Boss · 6 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Drag #Formation and evolution of the Solar System #Gas pressure #Geology #Materials science #Mechanics #Metre #Petroleum engineering #Physics #Planetesimal #Solar System #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1086/378950
published as Astrophys.J. 598 (2003) 1301-1311 · 27 pages, 15 figures, figures 1, 5, 11 and 15 in gif format (click on postscript), submitted for publication
arxiv created 2003/05/29 · openalex publication_date 2003/12/01 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We study the motions of small solids, ranging from micron-sized dust grains to meter-sized objects, in the vicinity of local pressure enhancements of a gaseous nebula. Integrating numerically, we show that as a result of the combined effect of gas drag and pressure gradients, solids tend to accumulate at the locations where the pressure of the gas maximizes. The rate of migration of solids varies with their sizes and densities and also with the physical properties of the gas. The results of our numerical simulations indicate that such migrations are most rapid for meter-sized objects. The applicability of the results to the enhancement of the collision and coagulation of solids and also to the growth rate of planetesimals is discussed.