Accretion Burst Crystallizes Silicates in a Planet-Forming Disk

Jeong-Eun Lee, Chul-Hwan Kim, Jaeyeong Kim +13

Crystalline silicates form at high temperatures (> 900 K; Fabian et al. 2000; Hallenbeck et al. 1998). Their presence in comets (Hanner et al. 1994; Hayward et al. 2000; Wooden et…