Tidal breakup of cohesive rubble piles around white dwarfs imposes a 0.1-1 km maximum fragment size that sets the initial debris distribution and requires collisional grinding before Poynting-Robertson drag acts.
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Size limits on tidal debris around white dwarfs: the km-size barrier
Tidal breakup of cohesive rubble piles around white dwarfs imposes a 0.1-1 km maximum fragment size that sets the initial debris distribution and requires collisional grinding before Poynting-Robertson drag acts.