The Formation of Interstellar Grains in Supernovae Explosions
Abstract
It is shown that the subsequent Brownian coagulation of small molecular clusters produced in the shell following a supernovae explosion leads to grain sizes in reasonable agreement with observations.
- Publication:
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Astrophysics and Space Science
- Pub Date:
- January 1976
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00640513
- Bibcode:
- 1976Ap&SS..39..123S
- Keywords:
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- Interstellar Matter;
- Stellar Evolution;
- Supernovae;
- Coagulation;
- Explosions;
- Particle Size Distribution;
- Size Determination;
- Astrophysics