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N-body Simulation of the Evolution of a Protolunar Disk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Takaaki Takeda
Affiliation:
Earth and Planetary Science, Faculty of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
Shigeru Ida
Affiliation:
Earth and Planetary Science, Faculty of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan

Abstract

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We performed N-body simulations of dense particulate disks and quantitatively analyzed angular momentum transfer processes therein. Angular momentum transfer is dominated by both gravitational torque and particles' collective motion associated with the structure. These processes depend on surface density, and do not depend on particle size or number if the structure is resolved enough.

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Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2003 

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