Planetary giant impacts : simulating collisions and their consequences /: simulating collisions and their consequences. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jacob Kegerreis.
• Other Names: Kegerreis, Jacob
• Contents: Intro -- Supervisor's Foreword -- Preface -- Declaration -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Table -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Giant Impacts and SPH Simulations -- 1.2 Planet Formation and Exoplanets -- 1.3 Thesis Motivations and Outline -- References -- 2 Methods -- 2.1 Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics -- 2.1.1 Planetary SPH -- 2.1.2 SWIFT -- 2.2 Equations of State -- 2.2.1 Tillotson Iron and Granite -- 2.2.2 Uranus Ice, Rock, and Atmosphere -- 2.3 Initial Conditions -- 2.3.1 Planetary Profiles -- 2.3.2 Particle Placement -- 2.4 Results and Discussion 2.5 Impact Initial Conditions -- 2.5.1 Contact Angle and Speed -- 2.5.2 Angular Momentum -- 2.5.3 Rotated Coordinates -- 2.5.4 Time to Contact -- 2.6 Conclusions -- References -- 3 Uranus Giant Impacts and Convergence -- 3.1 Knocking over an Ice Giant -- 3.2 Methods -- 3.2.1 Initial Conditions -- 3.2.2 Impact Simulations -- 3.3 Results -- 3.3.1 Material Distribution -- 3.3.2 Resulting Planet -- 3.3.3 Orbiting Debris Field -- 3.3.4 Atmosphere -- 3.4 Conclusions -- 3.5 Convergence and High-Resolution Giant Impacts -- 3.6 Results -- 3.6.1 Ejected Debris -- 3.6.2 Rotation Period -- 3.7 Conclusions 5.3.2 Sinks -- 5.3.3 Hop Trajectory -- 5.3.4 Surface Interaction -- 5.4 Results and Discussion -- 5.4.1 Distribution with Local Time of Day -- 5.4.2 Longitudinal Bulge -- 5.4.3 Long-Term Variation -- 5.5 Conclusions -- References -- 6 Conclusions -- 6.1 Summary and Context -- 6.2 Future Work -- References
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 523.2; Collisions (Astrophysics) -- Computer simulation; Astrophysics; Mathematical physics; Astronomy, space & time; Science -- Astrophysics & Space Science; Science -- Mathematical Physics; Science -- Astronomy; Astronomy; Astrophysics; Mathematical physics; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030499587; 3030499588
• Related ISBNs: 303049957X; 9783030499570
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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