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Keyword: circumstellar disks ×Clear all

3 claims from 2 papers

1. Physics and Astronomy › Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies

   Disk Frequencies and Lifetimes in Young Clusters

   Jr., Lada and Lada · The Astrophysical Journal · 2001

   A sensitive L-band survey of three intermediate-age clusters, combined with earlier work on younger ones, suggests most stars lose their disks within about 6 million years.

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   1. UncheckedIn an L-band survey, about 52%, 12% and 3% of stars were found to have circumstellar disks in NGC 2264, NGC 2362 and NGC 1960 respectively.“We find disk fractions of 52% +/- 10%, 12% +/- 4% and 3% +/- 3% for the three clusters respectively.”
   2. UncheckedIn a survey of six young star clusters, over 80% of stars start with disks, and half lose them within roughly 3 million years.“Analysis of the combined survey indicates that the cluster disk fraction is initially very high (> 80%) and rapidly decreases with increasing cluster age, such that half the stars within the clusters lose their disks in < ~3 Myr.”

2. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   Oort cloud Ecology

   Zwart, Torres, Cai and Brown · Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2021

   Simulations trace the Oort cloud's formation from the Sun's birth in a star cluster to its life as an isolated system, giving a chronology, an estimated ejection time and the origin of the cloud's material.

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   1. UncheckedIn the authors' model, planet migration or chaotic orbit rearrangement while the Sun was still in its birth cluster does not fit with the Oort cloud existing.“Planet migration or chaotic orbital reorganization occurring while the Solar System is still a cluster member is, according to our model, inconsistent with the presence of the Oort cloud.”