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Forbidden planetesimals
Laurent Schönau, Jens Teiser, Tunahan Demirci +5
Planetesimals are born fragile and are subject to destruction by wind erosion as they move through the gas of a protoplanetary disk. In microgravity experiments, we determined the…
Experimental study of clusters in dense granular gas and implications for the particle stopping time in protoplanetary disks
Niclas Schneider, Grzegorz Musiolik, Jonathan E. Kollmer +6
In protoplanetary disks, zones of dense particle configuration promote planet formation. Solid particles in dense clouds alter their motion through collective effects and back reac…
Destruction of eccentric planetesimals by ram pressure and erosion
Tunahan Demirci, Niclas Schneider, Jens Teiser +1
Small, pebble-sized objects and large bodies of planetesimal size both play important roles in planet formation. They form the evolutionary steps of dust growth in their own respec…
Accretion of eroding pebbles and planetesimals in planetary envelopes
Tunahan Demirci, Gerhard Wurm
Wind erosion is a destructive mechanism that completely dissolves a weakly bound object like a planetesimal into its constituent particles, if the velocity relative to the ambient…
Planetesimals in Rarefied Gas: Wind Erosion in Slip Flow
Tunahan Demirci, Niclas Schneider, Tobias Steinpilz +3
A planetesimal moves through the gas of its protoplanetary disc where it experiences a head wind. Though the ambient pressure is low, this wind can erode and ultimately destroy the…
ARISE: A granular matter experiment on the International Space Station
Tobias Steinpilz, Grzegorz Musiolik, Maximilian Kruss +8
We developed an experiment to study different aspects of granular matter under microgravity. The 1.5U small experiment was carried out on the International Space Station. About 350…
Wind erosion on Mars and other small terrestrial planets
Maximilian Kruss, Grzegorz Musiolik, Tunahan Demirci +2
We carried out wind tunnel experiments on parabolic flights with 100 m Mojave Mars simulant sand. The experiments result in shear stress thresholds and erosion rates for varying…
Onset of planet formation in the warm inner disk -- Colliding dust aggregates at high temperatures
Tunahan Demirci, Corinna Krause, Jens Teiser +1
Collisional growth of dust occurs in all regions of protoplanetary disks with certain materials dominating between various condensation lines. The sticking properties of the preval…
Are Pebble Pile Planetesimals Doomed?
Tunahan Demirci, Maximilian Kruss, Jens Teiser +4
In parabolic flight experiments we studied the wind induced erosion of granular beds composed of spherical glass beads at low gravity and low ambient pressure. Varying g-levels wer…
Saltation under Martian Gravity and its Influence on the Global Dust Distribution
Grzegorz Musiolik, Maximilian Kruss, Tunahan Demirci +6
Dust and sand motion are a common sight on Mars. Understanding the interaction of atmosphere and Martian soil is fundamental to describe the planet's weather, climate and surface m…
Is There a Temperature Limit in Planet Formation at 1000 K?
Tunahan Demirci, Jens Teiser, Tobias Steinpilz +4
Dust drifting inward in protoplanetary disks is subject to increasing temperatures. In laboratory experiments, we tempered basaltic dust between 873 K and 1273 K and find that the…
Failed Growth at the Bouncing Barrier in Planetesimal Formation
Maximilian Kruss, Tunahan Demirci, Marc Koester +2
In laboratory experiments, we studied collisions of ensembles of compact (filling factor 0.33) millimeter dust aggregates composed of micrometer quartz grains. We used cylindrical…