Model of a Kuiper Belt Small Grain Population and Resulting Far-Infrared Emission
The Astrophysical Journal1995Vol. 450(1)
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Abstract
We have calculated a simple model of the expected Kuiper Belt (KB) small grain population and the thermal emission that would arise from such grains. We have also sought observational evidence for this emission. The model assumed equilibrium between grain creation by collisional fragmentation of comets and removal by Poynting-Robertson radiation drag, radiation pressure-driven ejection, mutual collisions, and sublimation. The model far-IR intensity scales as the square of total KB mass.
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