Globular cluster formation and evolution in the context of cosmological galaxy assembly: open questions

DA Forbes, N Bastian, M Gieles… - … of the Royal …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
We discuss some of the key open questions regarding the formation and evolution of
globular clusters (GCs) during galaxy formation and assembly within a cosmological …

The evolution and delivery of rocky extra-solar materials to white dwarfs

D Veras, AJ Mustill, A Bonsor - Reviews in Mineralogy …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The most direct and substantial way to measure the geochemistry of extrasolar objects is to
perform chemical autopsies on their broken-up remains. However, traditional ways of …

Unstable low-mass planetary systems as drivers of white dwarf pollution

AJ Mustill, E Villaver, D Veras… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
At least of white dwarfs show atmospheric pollution by metals, sometimes accompanied by
detectable circumstellar dust/gas discs or (in the case of WD 1145+ 017) transiting …

JWST Directly Images Giant Planet Candidates Around Two Metal-polluted White Dwarf Stars

SE Mullally, J Debes, M Cracraft… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the discovery of two directly imaged, giant planet candidates orbiting the metal-
rich, hydrogen atmosphere white dwarfs WD 1202− 232 and WD 2105− 82. JWST's Mid …

Planetary Systems Around White Dwarfs

D Veras - arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.06550, 2021 - arxiv.org
White dwarf planetary science is a rapidly growing field of research featuring a diverse set of
observations and theoretical explorations. Giant planets, minor planets, and debris discs …

Tidal disruption of planetary bodies by white dwarfs I: a hybrid sph-analytical approach

U Malamud, HB Perets - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We introduce a new hybrid method to perform high-resolution tidal disruption simulations, at
arbitrary orbits. An sph code is used to simulate tidal disruptions only in the immediate …

No evidence for a strong decrease of planetesimal accretion in old white dwarfs

S Blouin, S Xu - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT A large fraction of white dwarfs are accreting or have recently accreted rocky
material from their planetary systems, thereby 'polluting'their atmospheres with elements …

Tidal disruption of planetary bodies by white dwarfs–II. Debris disc structure and ejected interstellar asteroids

U Malamud, HB Perets - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We make use of a new hybrid method to simulate the long-term, multiple-orbit disc formation
through tidal disruptions of rocky bodies by white dwarfs, at high-resolution and realistic …

Circularization of tidal debris around white dwarfs: implications for gas production and dust variability

U Malamud, E Grishin… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
White dwarf (WD) pollution is thought to arise from the tidal disruption of planetary bodies.
The initial fragment stream is extremely eccentric, while observational evidence suggest that …

White dwarf pollution by asteroids from secular resonances

JL Smallwood, RG Martin, M Livio… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
In the past few decades, observations have revealed signatures of metals polluting the
atmospheres of white dwarfs. The diffusion time-scale for metals to sink from the atmosphere …