3 papers
astro-ph.EP2026
Active Galactic Nucleus Tori: Potential Birthplace to Millions of Planets
Bhupendra Mishra, Wladimir Lyra, Barry McKernan +3
The outer regions of AGN disks have temperatures similar to those of circumstellar disks, permitting dust condensation. Therefore, planet formation and growth could be active in th…
astro-ph.HE2026
AGN Disks as Supernova Mufflers I: 3D Local Hydrodynamic Models
Harrison E. Cook, Wladimir Lyra, Mordecai-Mark Mac Low +2
Supernova (SN) shocks that originate from stars on orbits embedded in dense active galactic nuclei (AGN) accretion disks evolve differently from those that occur in the interstella…
astro-ph.EP2025
Where are the missing Kuiper Belt binaries?
Wladimir Lyra
In this letter, we call attention to a gap in binaries in the Kuiper belt in the mass range between 10-10 kg, with a corresponding dearth in binaries between…