2 papers
astro-ph.EP2025
Linear Thermal Instability of a Condensing Gas-Particle Mixture, with Possible Application to Chondrites and Planetesimals
Kecheng Stephon Qian, Eugene Chiang
We study the stability of a hot saturated gas coexisting with condensed particles in an optically thin medium. Such a situation may obtain downstream of a shock, at condensation fr…
astro-ph.EP2024
Cavitating bubbles in condensing gas as a means of forming clumps, chondrites, and planetesimals
Eugene Chiang
Vaporized metal, silicates, and ices on the verge of re-condensing into solid or liquid particles appear in many contexts: behind shocks, in impact ejecta, and within the atmospher…