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A new code to study structures in collisionally active, perturbed debris discs: application to binaries

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: Context. Debris discs are traditionally studied using two distinct types of numerical models: statistical particle-in-a-box codes to study their collisional and size distribution evolution, and dynamical N-body models to study their spatial structure. The absence of collisions in N-body codes is in particular a major shortcoming, as collisional processes are expected to significantly alter the results obtained from pure N-body runs.

Source: Astronomy and Astrophysics

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201117899

Author: P. Thébault

Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Observatoire de Paris, Laboratoire d’études spatiales et d’instrumentation en astrophysique, Université Paris Diderot

Language: English

Topic: Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies

Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: Agence Nationale de la Recherche

Award: G5281000995