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Planetary Giant Impacts: Simulating Collisions and Their Consequences

by Jacob Kegerreis
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9783030499600
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Springer
  • Publisher Imprint: Springer
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 125
  • Original Price: EUR 99.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: 2020
  • Item Weight: 240 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Space Science / Astronomy, Physics / Astrophysics, and Physics / Mathematical & Computational

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Based on 3D smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations performed with unprecedented high resolution, this book examines the giant impacts that dominate many planets' late accretion and evolution. The numerical methods developed are now publicly available, greatly facilitating future studies of planetary impacts in our solar system and exoplanetary systems.

The book focuses on four main topics: (1) The development of new methods to construct initial conditions as well as a hydrodynamical simulation code to evolve them, using 1000 times more simulation particles than the previous standard. (2) The numerical convergence of giant impact simulations -- standard-resolution simulations fail to converge on even bulk properties like the post-impact rotation period. (3) The collision thought to have knocked over the planet Uranus causing it to spin on its side. (4) The erosion of atmospheres by giant impacts onto terrestrial planets, and the first full 3D simulations of collisions in this regime.

Jacob Kegerreis obtained his Ph.D. in 2019 from the Institute for Computational Cosmology at Durham University, UK. He is now a postdoctoral fellow at the NASA Ames Research Centre, continuing work on simulations and consequences of giant impacts.

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