Dust grain processing: A new computational method applied to a protostellar accretion shock

D. Krüger, A.B.C.D. Patzer and E. Sedlmayr

ESO Astrophysics Symposia: The role of dust in the formation of stars, E. Käufl and R. Siebenmorgen (ed.), Springer, 423-426 (1996)

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Abstract:

By applying a new computational multi-component method for the modelling of dust grain processing to a protostellar accretion shock we gain insight on the exact evolution of the grain size distribution function in the postshock region, where various processes act size-dependently on the grains.