On the formation of cometary nuclei in a primordial gas cloud

What is it about?

Current theories about the origin of the solar system and similar systems in the galaxy conjecture that traveling waves within a primordial interstellar gas cloud might have led, eventually, to the formation of the planets. To test the validity of this conjecture we consider in this paper systems of self gravitating particles and present a model for their evolution. We apply this model to linear and circular chains of particles and ensembles of particles in a disk. Our objective is to explore when such self gravitating ensembles might undergo a bifurcation or "self organization" which leads to the formation of cometary nuclei within these systems.

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