On the Validity of the Coagulation Equation and the Nature of Runaway Growth

Icarus

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 74-86

  Lee, Man Hoi ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collisional physics; Computer techniques; Planetary formation; Planetesimals

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002622223     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6239     Document Type: Article

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