Kavli Affiliate: Lars Bildsten | First 5 Authors: Logan J. Prust, Lars Bildsten, , , | Summary: Stars and planets move supersonically in a gaseous medium during planetary engulfment, stellar interactions and within protoplanetary disks. For a nearly uniform medium, the relevant parameters are the Mach number and the size of the body, $R$, relative […]
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