habitable zone n. The region in a stellar system where the surface temperatures of planets can sustain liquid water and therefore hold the highest probability for the existence of life. Also called Goldilocks zone. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright ...
The ~440 K effective temperature of the warm\ndust implies that the bulk of the observed material is in a narrow belt ~1.8 AU\nfrom the 4.4 L_solar central source, in the terrestrial planet-forming region\nand habitable zone of the system (equivalent to 0.9 AU in the solar system).\n...
We present a review of the interplay between the evolution of circumstellar disks and the formation of planets, both from the perspective of theoretical mo
I use scaling arguments and previous results to derive a simple recipe that constrains which giant planet systems are able to form and harbor Earth-like planets in the Habitable Zone, demonstrating that roughly one third of the known planetary systems are potentially habitable.;Finally, I present ...