3 papers
astro-ph.SR2026
The Effect of External Photoevaporation on the Disk Fraction in M17
Samuel Millstone, Megan Reiter, Morten Andersen +6
A major obstacle to improving models of planet formation is understanding how the local environment influences the lifetime of the disks in which they form. The spread in observed…
astro-ph.SR2026
Drifters on the edge of town: Boötis stars in clusters
Richard J. Parker, Megan Allen
Boötis stars are a subset of chemically peculiar A-stars that display Solar abundances in lighter elements (C, N, O, S, etc.) but a deficiency in Iron-peak elements. This dif…
astro-ph.EP2025
Short-Lived Radioisotopic enrichment from AGB interlopers in low-mass star-forming regions
Joseph W. Eatson, Richard J. Parker
The decay of Short-Lived Radioisotopes (SLRs) can be a significant source of heating early in protoplanetary systems, though how a protoplanetary disk becomes enriched with these S…