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TRES RV observations of HD 12800. We mark the d...

TRES RV observations of HD 12800. We mark the dates of announcement (2022 June 13) and o...

Alexander Venner et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 5

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Snapshots of the density evolution (density in ...

Snapshots of the density evolution (density in g cm−3) at different times during the col...

Axel S. Lechuga et al, The Astrophysical Journal 992 1

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Masses and energy of the generated accretion di...

Masses and energy of the generated accretion disk and effective ejecta (for models RN1 a...

Axel S. Lechuga et al, The Astrophysical Journal 992 1

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Density, height, and temperature profiles of th...

Density, height, and temperature profiles of the different accretion disks considered in...

Axel S. Lechuga et al, The Astrophysical Journal 992 1

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Hydrodynamic profiles of the ejecta in the diff...

Hydrodynamic profiles of the ejecta in the different models computed in this work. Model...

Axel S. Lechuga et al, The Astrophysical Journal 992 1

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Orbital and axial view of the binary systems (n...

Orbital and axial view of the binary systems (not in scale). Only the ejecta and the acc...

Axel S. Lechuga et al, The Astrophysical Journal 992 1

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Density plot in logarithmic scale of the final ...

Density plot in logarithmic scale of the final remnants after the interaction has ceased...

Axel S. Lechuga et al, The Astrophysical Journal 992 1

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Same as Figure 4, but for models CN1–CN4 and th...

Same as Figure 4, but for models CN1–CN4 and the SN model SN Ia. Since only a reduced se...

Axel S. Lechuga et al, The Astrophysical Journal 992 1

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Close-up snapshots at the moment of maximum tem...

Close-up snapshots at the moment of maximum temperature of the collisions (the horizonta...

Axel S. Lechuga et al, The Astrophysical Journal 992 1

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Density maps, in log scale, showing the formati...

Density maps, in log scale, showing the formation of turbulent structures during the int...

Axel S. Lechuga et al, The Astrophysical Journal 992 1

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Overproduction factors in the ejecta relative t...

Overproduction factors in the ejecta relative to solar abundances, vs. mass number for m...

Axel S. Lechuga et al, The Astrophysical Journal 992 1

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Low-resolution triangulation example of an accr...

Low-resolution triangulation example of an accretion disk. Only the red particles lying ...

Axel S. Lechuga et al, The Astrophysical Journal 992 1

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Top panel: percentage of remaining mass bound i...

Top panel: percentage of remaining mass bound in the accretion disk. Bottom panel: posit...

Axel S. Lechuga et al, The Astrophysical Journal 992 1

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Top left panel: relaxation process, which consi...

Top left panel: relaxation process, which consists in resetting the velocities every 100...

Axel S. Lechuga et al, The Astrophysical Journal 992 1

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Time evolution of the maximum temperature reach...

Time evolution of the maximum temperature reached by the shocked region in the disk.

Axel S. Lechuga et al, The Astrophysical Journal 992 1

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Same as Figure 7, but for the three variations ...

Same as Figure 7, but for the three variations on resolution of model RN1.

Axel S. Lechuga et al, The Astrophysical Journal 992 1

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Snapshots of the three variations on resolution...

Snapshots of the three variations on resolution of model RN1, taken at t = 49.35 hr (sam...

Axel S. Lechuga et al, The Astrophysical Journal 992 1

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Stability of MCH in Titan’s crust. Temperature ...

Stability of MCH in Titan’s crust. Temperature profiles (curves c1 to c5) in the MCH lay...

Ashley Gerard Davies et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 4

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Structure of Titan’s crust and mechanisms for r...

Structure of Titan’s crust and mechanisms for releasing methane into Titan’s atmosphere....

Ashley Gerard Davies et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 4

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Layout of the MCH destabilization model. After ...

Layout of the MCH destabilization model. After selection of initial parameters (box 1), ...

Ashley Gerard Davies et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 4

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Examples of model output (annotated). These ima...

Examples of model output (annotated). These images are generated at the end of each mode...

Ashley Gerard Davies et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 4

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Release of methane as a function of time (upper...

Release of methane as a function of time (upper limit). Panels (a) and (b) are Cases 2 a...

Ashley Gerard Davies et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 4

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Thicknesses of MCH destabilized and masses of m...

Thicknesses of MCH destabilized and masses of methane released as a function of the MCH ...

Ashley Gerard Davies et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 4

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Freezing temperature of ammonia hydrate as a fu...

Freezing temperature of ammonia hydrate as a function of the ammonia content (as a mass ...

Ashley Gerard Davies et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 4

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Specific heat capacity of water–ammonia with te...

Specific heat capacity of water–ammonia with temperature (after B. H. Chua et al. 2023).

Ashley Gerard Davies et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 4

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