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Mar 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993sri..reptq....s&link_type=abstract
Semiannual Report No. 2 Southwest Research Inst., San Antonio, TX. Instrumentation and Space Research Div.
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Comets, Oort Cloud, Planetary Evolution, Planetary Systems, Solar System, Solar System Evolution, Accretion Disks, Gas Giant Planets, Molecular Clouds, Organic Compounds
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This is the second report for NAGW-3023, Studies of Extra-Solar Oort Clouds and the Kuiper Disk. We are conducting research designed to enhance our understanding of the evolution and detectability of comet clouds and disks. This area holds promise for also improving our understanding of outer solar system formation, the bombardment history of the planets, the transport of volatiles and organics from the outer solar system to the inner planets, and the ultimate fate of comet clouds around the Sun and other stars. According to 'standard' theory, both the Kuiper Disk and Oort Cloud are (at least in part) natural products of the planetary accumulation stage of solar system formation. One expects such assemblages to be a common attribute of other solar systems. Therefore, searches for comet disks and clouds orbiting other stars offer a new method for infering the presence of planetary systems. Our three-year effort consists of two major efforts: (1) observational work to predict and search for the signatures of Oort Clouds and comet disks around other stars; and (2) modelling studies of the formation and evolution of the Kuiper Disk (KD) and similar assemblages that may reside around other stars, including Beta Pic. These efforts are referred to as Task 1 and 2, respectively.
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