Open Access

Fig. 3

image

Download original image

Ratio of density between gas in the wind (spherical outward motion) to that in the belt (in Keplerian motion in the belt), at the belt location, R, as a function of the stellar wind mass-loss rate. For this plot, we use Eq. (10) with µ = 28, υsw = 100 km/s, R = 100 au, ΔR = 50 au, σcol = 2 × 10−18 m2, and H = 0.05R. For a stellar wind mass-loss rate that is a few tens of that of the Sun, values of nw become greater than nd and the wind becomes dominant.

Current usage metrics show cumulative count of Article Views (full-text article views including HTML views, PDF and ePub downloads, according to the available data) and Abstracts Views on Vision4Press platform.

Data correspond to usage on the plateform after 2015. The current usage metrics is available 48-96 hours after online publication and is updated daily on week days.

Initial download of the metrics may take a while.