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The Capture of Particles by Chaotic Resonances During Orbital Migration
A. C. Quillen
Because a chaotic zone can reduce the long timescale capture probabilities and cause catastrophic events such as close encounters with a planet or star during temporary capture, th…
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The saturation of disk heating in the solar neighborhood and evidence for a merger 9 Gyrs ago
Alice C. Quillen, Donald R. Garnett
We re-examine the age-velocity dispersion relation in the solar neighborhood using improved stellar age estimates that are based on Hipparcos parallaxes and recent stellar evolutio…