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Porosity models for pre-planetesimals: modified P-α like models and the effect of dissipated energy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2011

Serena E. Arena
Affiliation:
Université de Lyon, Lyon, F-69003, France; Université Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, F-69622, France; CNRS, UMR 5574, Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon; École normale supérieure de Lyon, 46, allée d'Italie, F-69364 Lyon cedex 07, France email: [email protected]
Roland Speith
Affiliation:
Physikalisches Institut, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 14, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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The outcome of collisions between pre-planetesimals is important in the theory of planetesimal formation by collisional growth and strongly depends on their internal structure. Since pre-planetesimals are highly porous, reaching 90% porosity, they could show the so called anomalous behaviour (decrease of density during shock compression, e.g. Bolkhovitinov & Khvostov 1978). Due to involved sizes (>dm), laboratory experiments are unfeasible therefore numerical simulations equipped with adequate porosity models are necessary.

Here we focus on the P-α model and its variations. We found that they are suitable for applications in the high porosity range only after a modification of the basic equations, that avoids an inconsistency and takes into account the effect of dissipated energy, is performed.

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Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2011

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