Impact Angle Influence in High Velocity Dust Collisions during Planetesimal Formation

Details Impact Angle Influence in High Velocity Dust Collisions during Planetesimal Formation Impact Angle Influence in High Velocity Dust Collisions during Planetesimal Formation

2011-08-03

arxiv.org/abs/1108.0785v1

Icarus, 215, 596-598 (2011)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics

Accepted by Icarus

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.icarus.2011.07.036

We have examined the influence of impact angle in collisions between small dust aggregates and larger dust targets through laboratory experiments. Targets consisted of \mum-sized quartz dust and had a porosity of about 67%; the projectiles, between 1 and 5 mm in diameter, were slightly more compact (64% porosity). The collision velocity was centered at 20 m/s and impact angles range from 0{\deg} to 45{\deg}. At a given impact angle, the target gained mass for projectiles smaller than a threshold size, which decreases with increasing angle from about 3 mm to 1 mm. The fact that growth is possible up to the largest angles studied supports the idea of planetesimal formation by sweep-up of small dust aggregates.

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