The Effects of a Stellar Encounter on a Planetesimal Disk
Abstract
We investigate the effects of a passing stellar encounter on a planetesimal disk through analytical calculations and numerical simulations, and derive the boundary radius (a planet) outside which planet formation is inhibited by disruptive collisions with high relative velocities.
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