See the paper (submitted to @joss-openjournals.bsky.social‬) here arxiv.org/abs/2507.21239
mcdust is a parallel simulation code for dust evolution in protoplanetary disks. The code is written in FORTRAN90 and parallelised with OpenMP. The code models dust collisional evolution and transport...
Excited to share a new paper on the formation of carbonaceous chondrite parent bodies led by @nereagurru.bsky.social, now published in The Astrophysical Journal.
Read the press release: www.mps.mpg.de/8737419/news...
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In the early days of the Solar System, the region just beyond Jupiter’s orbit was a breeding ground for planetesimals, the precursors of planets, asteroids, and comets. As new simulations show, over a...
Are you looking for a postdoc position working on asteroids and comets? Would it help if it's in a beautiful place in southern France? If yes, then consider applying to the following position of my colleague Benoit Carry at the Observatory in Nice:
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/402212
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The small bodies of our Solar system (comets and asteroids) are the remnants of the building blocs that accreted to form the planets. The suite of events that occurred during planet formation left pri...
In this work, I explore how the earliest stages of protoplanetary disk formation shape the composition of ices that later build minor bodies. The results show that disk buildup naturally leads to enhanced CO-to-water ratios in pebbles, offering a new perspective on the origin of CO-rich comets.
Take a look to learn more about the prospects of forming close-in exoplanets in-situ by pebble accretion!
Almost 14 years ago, I started developing a Monte Carlo code for dust evolution in protoplanetary disks. The code is now publicly available! 🚀 This was possible thanks to the hard work of @turbulenthuman.bsky.social ‪and @nereagurru.bsky.social‬ 🙌
More broadly, this highlights that the volatile inventory of planet-forming material, and thus potentially the composition of exoplanet atmospheres, may be impacted by the disk buildup phase.
Are you interested in protoplanetary disk substructures and their role in planet formation? Come to our session at the EAS meeting this year! Abstract submission is open until March 2nd! More info: eas.unige.ch/EAS_meeting/...
