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Two-Dimensional Transport of Solids in Viscous Protoplanetary Disks
Fred Ciesla
Large-scale radial transport of solids appears to be a fundamental consequence of protoplanetary disk evolution based on the presence of high temperature minerals in comets and the…
Cooling of Dense Gas by H2O Line Emission and an Assessment of its Effects in Chondrule-Forming Shocks
M. A. Morris, S. J. Desch, F. J. Ciesla
We consider gas at densities appropriate to protoplanetary disks and calculate its ability to cool due to line radiation emitted by H2O molecules within the gas. Our work follows t…
Dust Coagulation and Settling in Layered Protoplanetary Disks
Fred J. Ciesla
Previous models of dust growth in protoplanetary disks considered either uniformly laminar or turbulent disks. This Letter explores how dust growth occurs in a layered protoplaneta…
The Evolution of the Water Distribution in a Viscous Protoplanetary Disk
Fred J. Ciesla, Jeffrey N. Cuzzi
(Abridged) Astronomical observations have shown that protoplanetary disks are dynamic objects through which mass is transported and accreted by the central star. Age dating of mete…