Sintering of H 2 O ice proceeds in an icy dust aggregate as the temperature increases due to the infall to the central star. By numerical simulations, I show that fragmentation of the aggregate by sintering occurs at a particular region of a protoplanetary nebula. The fragments accumulate at the region because their infalling velocity is low. The dust surface density exceeds the critical surface density required for gravitational instability to form planetesimals.
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