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Metal pollution of the solar white dwarf by solar system small bodies
Daohai Li, Alexander J. Mustill, Melvyn B. Davies
White dwarfs (WDs) often show metal lines in their spectra, indicating accretion of asteroidal material. Our Sun is to become a WD in several Gyr. Here, we examine how the solar WD…
astro-ph.EP2021★ 29 cited
Accretion of tidally disrupted asteroids onto white dwarfs: direct accretion versus disk processing
Daohai Li, Alexander J. Mustill, Melvyn B. Davies
Atmospheric heavy elements have been observed in more than a quarter of white dwarfs (WDs) at different cooling ages, indicating ongoing accretion of asteroidal material, whilst on…