Formation of cosmic dust bunnies

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 35, Issue 2 II, 2007, Pages 260-265

  Matthews, Lorin S ^a   Hayes, Ryan L ^a,b   Freed, Michael S ^a,c   Hyde, Truell W ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b POINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust coagulation; Dusty plasma; Fractal aggregates; Planetesimal formation

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; COAGULATION; COULOMB INTERACTIONS; PLASMA WAVES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

DUST COAGULATION; DUSTY PLASMA; FRACTAL AGGREGATES; PLANETESIMAL FORMATION;

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 34247214958     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2007.892718     Document Type: Article

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