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@ARTICLE{Pfalzner:904521,
author = {Pfalzner, Susanne and Govind, Amith},
title = {{C}lose {S}tellar {F}lybys {C}ommon in {L}ow-mass
{C}lusters},
journal = {The astrophysical journal / 1},
volume = {921},
number = {1},
issn = {0004-637X},
address = {London},
publisher = {Institute of Physics Publ.},
reportid = {FZJ-2021-06091},
pages = {90 -},
year = {2021},
abstract = {Numerous protoplanetary disks show distinct spiral arms
features. While possibly caused by a range of processes,
detailed pattern analysis points at close stellar flybys as
cause for some of them. Surprisingly, these disks reside in
young low-mass clusters, where close stellar flybys are
expected to be rare. This fact motivated us to take a fresh
look at the frequency of close flybys in low-mass clusters.
In the solar neighborhood, low-mass clusters have smaller
half-mass radii than their more massive counterparts. We
show that this observational fact results in the mean and
central stellar density of low-mass clusters being
approximately the same as in high-mass clusters, which is
rarely reflected in theoretical studies. We perform N-body
simulations of the stellar dynamics in young clusters
obeying the observed mass–radius relation. Taking the mean
disk truncation radius as a proxy for the degree of
influence of the environment, we find that the influence of
the environment on disks is more or less the same in low-
and high-mass clusters. Even the fraction of small disks
(<10 au) is nearly identical. Our main conclusion is that
the frequency of close flybys seems to have been severely
underestimated for low-mass clusters. A testable prediction
of this hypothesis is that low-mass clusters should contain
$10\%–15\%$ of disks smaller than 30 au truncated by
flybys. These truncated disks should be distinguishable from
primordially small disks by their steep outer edge.},
cin = {JSC},
ddc = {520},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)JSC-20090406},
pnm = {5111 - Domain-Specific Simulation $\&$ Data Life Cycle Labs
(SDLs) and Research Groups (POF4-511)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5111},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000716744900001},
doi = {10.3847/1538-4357/ac19aa},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/904521},
}