Chondrule formation during planetesimal accretion
Chondrule formation during planetesimal accretion
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DOI:
10.1016/j.epsl.2011.06.007
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发表时间:
2011-08-15
影响因子:
5.3
通讯作者:
Movshovitz, Naor
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作者:
Asphaug, Erik;Jutzi, Martin;Movshovitz, Naor
We explore the idea that most chondrules formed as a consequence of inefficient pairwise accretion, when molten or partly molten planetesimals -30-100 km diameter, similar in size, collided at velocities comparable to their two-body escape velocity similar to 100 m/s. Although too slow to produce shocks or disrupt targets, these collisions were messy, especially after similar to 1 Ma of dynamical excitation. In SPH simulations we find that the innermost portion of the projectile decelerates into the target, while the rest continues downrange in massive sheets. Unloading from pre-collision hydrostatic pressure P-0 similar to 1-100 bar into the nebula, the melt achieves equilibrium with the surface energy of chondrule-sized droplets. Cooling is regulated post collision by the expansion of the optically thick sheets. on a timescale of hours-days. Much of the sheet rains back down onto the target to be reprocessed; the rest is dispersed. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.