Did fomalhaut, HR 8799, and HL tauri form planets via the gravitational instability? placing limits on the required disk masses

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 702, Issue 2 PART 2, 2009, Pages

  Nero, D ^a   Bjorkman, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Instabilities; Planetary systems: formation; Planetary systems: protoplanetary disks; Stars: individual (Fomalhaut, HL Tau, HR 8799)

Indexed keywords

EID: 77149161514     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/702/2/L163     Document Type: Article

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