Thermal instability triggers cyclic MRI activity in protoplanetary disks, enabling dust self-accumulation and planetesimal formation near 1 au with enough mass for multiple super-Earths.
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Halos in Elias 2-24, IM Lup, and DM Tau hold 20-30% of total dust mass with cm-sized grains, helping resolve the disk mass-budget problem even though drift and growth timescales are shorter than disk ages.
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Thermal instability and rocky planetesimal formation in the inner regions of protoplanetary disks
Thermal instability triggers cyclic MRI activity in protoplanetary disks, enabling dust self-accumulation and planetesimal formation near 1 au with enough mass for multiple super-Earths.
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Dust characterization of halos: The extended emission in protoplanetary disks
Halos in Elias 2-24, IM Lup, and DM Tau hold 20-30% of total dust mass with cm-sized grains, helping resolve the disk mass-budget problem even though drift and growth timescales are shorter than disk ages.