A calculation of the Rosseland mean opacity of dust grains in primordial solar system nebulae

Details A calculation of the Rosseland mean opacity of dust grains in primordial solar system nebulae A calculation of the Rosseland mean opacity of dust grains in primordial solar system nebulae

Dec 1985

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985icar...64..471p&link_type=abstract

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 64, Dec. 1985, p. 471-492.

Physics

161

Cosmic Dust, Opacity, Planetary Evolution, Solar System, Abundance, Asymptotic Properties, Extinction, Size Distribution, Thermal Stability

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The Rosseland mean opacity owing to grains was calculated as a function of temperature and density for nebulae having solar elemental abundances. The values of the mean opacity were evaluated with a generalized formulation allowing for anisotropic scattering. The values of the mean opacity do not depend sensitively on the choice of the particle size distribution function, provided that there are few particles having sizes in excess of several tens of microns. The results indicate that thermal convection in primordial nebulae occurs over broader ranges of altitudes at low temperatures than at high temperatures, and for size distributions for which extensive aggregation has not yet occurred.

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