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Planet-Driven Scatterings of Planetesimals Into a Star: Probability, Timescale and Applications
Laetitia Rodet, Dong Lai
A planetary system can undergo multiple episodes of intense dynamical activities throughout its life, resulting in the production of star-grazing planetesimals (or exocomets) and p…
astro-ph.EP2023
On the pollution of white dwarfs by exo-Oort cloud comets
Christopher E. O'Connor, Dong Lai, Darryl Z. Seligman
A large fraction of white dwarfs (WDs) have metal-polluted atmospheres, which are produced by accreting material from remnant planetary systems. The composition of the accreted deb…