Bibcode
Mediavilla, E.; Buitrago, J.; Portilla, M.
Bibliographical reference
(IAU, European Regional Astronomy Meeting on New Windows to the Universe, 11th, La Laguna, Spain, July 3-8, 1989) Astrophysics and Space Science (ISSN 0004-640X), vol. 169, no. 1-2, July 1990, p. 3-6.
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Description
The effect of the rotation and finite size of a stellar radiation source
on dust particle orbits is examined. It is found that, for dust
particles substantially larger than the critical size, the general
behavior is to spiral under the effect of the traditional
Poynting-Robertson drag. However, when the effect of the source rotation
is taken into account, the possibility emerges that grains with
near-critical radius form rings in the equatorial plane of a rapidly
rotating star. These orbits would be stable in the absence of other
perturbations.