Stabilization of the disk around β Pictoris by extremely carbon-rich gas

Nature

Volumn 441, Issue 7094, 2006, Pages 724-726

  Roberge, Aki ^a   Feldman, Paul D ^b   Weinberger, Alycia J ^c   Deleuil, Magali ^d   Bouret, Jean Claude ^d  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DUST; EVAPORATION; OXYGEN; PLANETS; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACE DEBRIS;

ASTEROIDS; CARBON-RICH GAS; COMETS; KEPLERIAN ROTATION; NEUTRAL ATOMIC OXYGEN;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES;

CARBON; CARBON 11; ELEMENT; OXYGEN;

ASTEROID; CARBON; COLLISION; COMET; EVAPORATION; PLANETESIMAL; SOLAR SYSTEM;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; EVAPORATION; GAS; GRAVITY; IONIZATION; LAND BIOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; SUN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 33744991322     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04832     Document Type: Article

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