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Scattering timescale tS (in units of ...

Scattering timescale tS (in units of ﹩{P}_{p}/{M}_{p}^{2}﹩) as a function of ...

Yukun Huang et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 3

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Comparison of the particle energy distribution ...

Comparison of the particle energy distribution (x) at various times predicted by the Fok...

Yukun Huang et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 3

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Same as Figure 8, but for ...

Same as Figure 8, but for ﹩{{ \mathcal A }}_{0}=4.47﹩, e0 = 0.871, i0 = 126.2 particles,...

Yukun Huang et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 3

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Ejection speed distributions from the two scatt...

Ejection speed distributions from the two scattering simulations shown in Figure 8 (left...

Yukun Huang et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 3

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Same as Figure 4, but for a particle with U∞ = ...

Same as Figure 4, but for a particle with U∞ = 0.3 (﹩{{ \mathcal A }}_{0}﹩=2.4, e0=0.59,...

Yukun Huang et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 3

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Typical scattering inclination iS as a function...

Typical scattering inclination iS as a function of ﹩{ \mathcal T }﹩ (or U∞) when assumin...

Yukun Huang et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 3

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Function w(U∞) in Equation (68), computed from ...

Function w(U∞) in Equation (68), computed from ﹩\sqrt{2}-1﹩ to ﹩\sqrt{2}+1﹩. These bound...

Yukun Huang et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 3

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Dynamical lifetime tdyn in units of tS as a fun...

Dynamical lifetime tdyn in units of tS as a function of the particle’s initial energy x0...

Yukun Huang et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 3

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3D rotation of U∞ (red) to ...

3D rotation of U∞ (red) to ﹩{{\boldsymbol{U}}}_{\infty }^{{\prime} }﹩ (blue) after a pla...

Yukun Huang et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 3

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Left: constant ﹩{ \mathcal T }﹩ curves on the d...

Left: constant ﹩{ \mathcal T }﹩ curves on the dimensionless ﹩{\unicode{120006}}﹩–...

Yukun Huang et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 3

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Schematic illustration of the 3D scattering geo...

Schematic illustration of the 3D scattering geometry in a planet-centered corotating fra...

Yukun Huang et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 3

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Evolution of a particle with U∞ = 1.0 (...

Evolution of a particle with U∞ = 1.0 (﹩{{ \mathcal A }}_{0}﹩=1.2, e0=0.61, i0=47...

Yukun Huang et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 3

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Histograms of ϕ for U∞ = 1 (﹩{ \mathcal T }=2﹩)...

Histograms of ϕ for U∞ = 1 (﹩{ \mathcal T }=2﹩) particles at t = 0.1tS and 1.0tS, respec...

Yukun Huang et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 3

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Same with Figure 13, but for U∞ = 0.5 (...

Same with Figure 13, but for U∞ = 0.5 (﹩{ \mathcal T }=2.75﹩), and ...

Yukun Huang et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 3

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Mass distribution of Ye as the ejecta passes th...

Mass distribution of Ye as the ejecta passes through 10 GK. The top two panels show the ...

Kelsey A. Lund et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 985 1

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Gν recorded at 11 ms, as a function of the angl...

Gν recorded at 11 ms, as a function of the angle μ1, representing the projection of the ...

Kelsey A. Lund et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 985 1

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Temperature snapshot at 25 ms including a side ...

Temperature snapshot at 25 ms including a side view (top) and top-down view (bottom). In...

Kelsey A. Lund et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 985 1

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Top: total mass of each element produced, as a ...

Top: total mass of each element produced, as a function of mass number. Bottom: mass-wei...

Kelsey A. Lund et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 985 1

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Bolometric luminosity for neutrinos of each spe...

Bolometric luminosity for neutrinos of each species as a function of time for the simula...

Kelsey A. Lund et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 985 1

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One-zone oscillation problem demonstrating effi...

One-zone oscillation problem demonstrating efficacy of our scheme. Central panel shows a...

Kelsey A. Lund et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 985 1

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Same as Figure 6 but where we incorrectly enfor...

Same as Figure 6 but where we incorrectly enforce equipartition across all angles of the...

Kelsey A. Lund et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 985 1

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The NEOWISE W1 (3.4 μm) and W2 (4.6 μm) apertur...

The NEOWISE W1 (3.4 μm) and W2 (4.6 μm) aperture photometry light curve of the accretion...

Megan Wang et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 998 1

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Distribution of the IR flux of the mid-IR accre...

Distribution of the IR flux of the mid-IR accretion flares identified in our analysis (m...

Megan Wang et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 998 1

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An all-sky map in equatorial coordinates of the...

An all-sky map in equatorial coordinates of the considered IceCat-1 neutrino events, wit...

Megan Wang et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 998 1

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Wavelength regions used to compute upper limits...

Wavelength regions used to compute upper limits on CN, C2, and C3.

M. Lazzarin et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 998 1

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