Forming the first planetary systems: debris around Galactic thick disc stars
Forming the first planetary systems: debris around Galactic thick disc stars
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Sheehan, C K W , Greaves, J S , Bryden, G , Rieke, G H , Su, K Y L , Wyatt, M C and Beichman, C A
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Ithaca: Cornell University Library, arXiv.org
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Ithaca: Cornell University Library, arXiv.org
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The thick disc contains stars formed within the first Gyr of Galactic history, and little is known about their planetary systems. The Spitzer MIPS instrument was used to search 11 of the closest of these old low-metal stars for circumstellar debris, as a signpost that bodies at least as large as planetesimals were formed. A total of 22 thick disc s...
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Forming the first planetary systems: debris around Galactic thick disc stars
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2082198531
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2082198531
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2331-8422
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10.48550/arxiv.1009.0248
