LIDT-DD: A new self-consistent debris disc model that includes radiation pressure and couples dynamical and collisional evolution

Author: Kral Q.   Thébault P.   Charnoz S.  

Publisher: Edp Sciences

E-ISSN: 1432-0746|558|issue|A121-A121

ISSN: 0004-6361

Source: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol.558, Iss.issue, 2013-10, pp. : A121-A121

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Abstract

Context. In most current debris disc models, the dynamical and the collisional evolutions are studied separately with N-body and statistical codes, respectively, because of stringent computational constraints. In particular, incorporating collisional effects (especially destructive collisions) into an N-body scheme has proven a very arduous task because of the exponential increase of particles it would imply.