Abstract:We investigate the role of photo-evaporation of dust that is exposed to the radiation field of hot young stars and planetary nebulae (PNe) as a possible destruction mechanism of dust grains in the interstellar medium (ISM). We estimated photo-evaporation induced by the feedback of individual or clustered young stars, of PNe, and in the presence of a variable radiation field that scales with the interstellar radiation field. For PNe, we investigated the dust photo-evaporation of dust grains already present in t… Show more
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