On the wake generated by a planet in a disc
Astrophysics
2009-11-07 v1
Abstract
A planet of low mass orbiting in a two-dimensional gaseous disc generates a one-armed spiral wake. We explain this phenomenon as the result of constructive interference between wave modes in the disc, somewhat similar to the Kelvin wedge produced in the wake of a ship. The same feature is not expected in a three-dimensional disc with thermal stratification.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0111265,
title = {On the wake generated by a planet in a disc},
author = {G. I. Ogilvie and S. H. Lubow},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0111265},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
5 pages, 5 figures, to be published in MNRAS