Interactions of High and Low-Mass Planets with Protoplanetary Disks
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We present three-dimensional numerical simulations of the interaction of a circular-orbit planet with a protoplanetary disk. We calculate the flow pattern, the accretion rate, and torques on the planet. We consider planet masses ranging from 1 Earth mass to 1 Jupiter mass.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0209364,
title = {Interactions of High and Low-Mass Planets with Protoplanetary Disks},
author = {Stephen H. Lubow and Matthew R. Bate and Gordon I. Ogilvie},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0209364},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
4 pages, 2 embedded figures, 4 GIF figures. Postscript version with all figures embedded available at http://www.astro.ex.ac.uk/people/mbate To appear in "Scientific Frontiers in Research on Extrasolar Planets", D. Deming, ed