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Reading the Signatures of Extrasolar Planets in Debris DisksAn extrasolar planet sculpts the famous debris dish around Fomalhaut; probably ma ny other debris disks contain planets that we could locate if only we could better recognize their signatures in the dust that surrounds them. But the interaction between planets and debris disks involves both orbital resonances and collisions among grains and rocks in the disks --- difficult processes to model simultanemus]y. I will describe new 3-D models of debris disk dynamics that incorporate both collisions and resonant trapping of dust for the first time, allowing us to decode debris disk images and read the signatures of the planets they contain.
Document ID
20090038589
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Kuchner, Marc J.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
November 9, 2009
Subject Category
Astronomy
Meeting Information
Meeting: Satellite Workshop: Dynamics of Outer Planetary Systems
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
Country: United Kingdom
Start Date: November 9, 2009
End Date: November 11, 2009
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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