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Gravitational coupling between planets and protoplanetary discs is responsible for many important phenomena such as planet migration and gap formation. The key quantitative characteristics of this coupling is the excitation torque density…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-14 Nicolas P. Cimerman , Roman R. Rafikov , Ryan Miranda

We find that, under certain conditions, protoplanetary disks may spontaneously generate multiple, concentric gas rings without an embedded planet through an eccentric cooling instability. Using both linear theory and non-linear…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-07 Jiaru Li , Adam M. Dempsey , Hui Li , Shengtai Li

We study particle trapping at the edge of a gap opened by a planet in a protoplanetary disk. In particular, we explore the effects of turbulence driven by the magnetorotational instability on particle trapping, using global…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Zhaohuan Zhu , James M. Stone

Spiral density wave theory attempts to describe the spiral pattern in spiral galaxies in terms of a long-lived wave structure with a constant pattern speed in order to avoid the winding dilemma. The pattern is consequently a rigidly…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-30 Daisuke Kawata , Robert J. J. Grand , Mark Cropper

Spirals in galaxies have long been thought to be caused by gravitational instability in the stellar component of the disk, but discerning the precise mechanism had proved elusive. Tidal interactions, and perhaps bars, may provoke some…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-09-28 J. A. Sellwood , Karen L. Masters

Excitation of Rossby wave instability and development of a large-scale vortex at the outer dead zone edge of protoplanetary discs is one of the leading theories that explains horseshoe-like brightness distribution in transition discs.…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-15 Zs. Regaly , K. Kadam , D. Tarczay-Nehez

The surface of both Jupiter and Saturn has magnificent vortical storms which help shape the dynamic nature of their atmospheres. Land- and space-based observational campaigns over time have established several properties of these vortices,…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-17 Rakesh Kumar Yadav , Moritz Heimpel , Jeremy Bloxham

Circumstellar disks are considered to be the birthplace of planets. Specific structures like spiral arms, gaps, and cavities are characteristic indicators of planet-disk interaction. Investigating these structures can provide insights into…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-08 F. Ober , S. Wolf , A. L. Uribe , H. H. Klahr

We present the results of high-resolution, three-dimensional (3D) hydrodynamic simulations of the dynamics and formation of coherent, long-lived vortices in stably-stratified protoplanetary disks. Tall, columnar vortices that extend…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. A. Barranco , P. S. Marcus

This contribution describes the evolution of the protoplanetary disk using 2D numerical simulations. The 2D Euler equations are solved with the finite volume method. The numerical simulations are used to study the persistence and migration…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2012-11-28 Clément Surville , Pierre Barge

We use two-dimensional Fourier transformation to measure the pitch angle ($\varphi$) of the dominant spiral Fourier mode of well-defined spiral arms in 13 protoplanetary disks, making use of near-infrared scattered-light images of AB Aur,…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-05 Si-Yue Yu , Luis C. Ho , Zhaohuan Zhu

Recent observations of protoplanetary disk have reported spiral structures that are potential signatures of embedded planets, and modeling efforts have shown that a single planet can excite multiple spiral arms, in contrast to conventional…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-15 Jeffrey Fung , Ruobing Dong

Characterizing turbulence in protoplanetary disks is crucial for understanding how they accrete and spawn planets. Recent measurements of spectral line broadening promise to diagnose turbulence, with different lines probing different…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Ji-Ming Shi , Eugene Chiang

In this work, we study how the dust coagulation/fragmentation will influence the evolution and observational appearances of vortices induced by a massive planet embedded in a low viscosity disk by performing global 2D high-resolution…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-08 Ya-Ping Li , Hui Li , Shengtai Li , Tilman Birnstiel , Joanna Drazkowska , Sebastian Stammler

The dynamics of solid bodies in protoplanetary disks are subject to the properties of any underlying gas turbulence. Turbulence driven by disk self-gravity shows features distinct from those driven by the magnetorotational instability…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-20 Ji-Ming Shi , Zhaohuan Zhu , James M. Stone , Eugene Chiang

We have recently shown that spiral density waves propagating in accretion disks can undergo a parametric instability by resonantly coupling with and transferring energy into pairs of inertial waves (or inertial-gravity waves when buoyancy…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-21 Jaehan Bae , Richard P. Nelson , Lee Hartmann

Theoretical studies suggest that a giant planet around the young star MWC 758 could be responsible for driving the spiral features in its circumstellar disk. Here, we present a deep imaging campaign with the Large Binocular Telescope with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-04 Kevin Wagner , Jordan M. Stone , Eckhart Spalding , Daniel Apai , Ruobing Dong , Steve Ertel , Jarron Leisenring , Ryan Webster

Observational manifestations of disturbances in a protoplanetary disk caused by a collision with a massive planet are studied. It is assumed that the planet moves along a parabolic trajectory that intersects the disk plane near the star.…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-01 Tatiana Demidova , Vitaliy Grigoryev

Recent observations have revealed a gallery of substructures in the dust component of nearby protoplanetary discs, including rings, gaps, spiral arms, and lopsided concentrations. One interpretation of these substructures is the existence…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 Chao-Chin Yang , Zhaohuan Zhu

Interferometric observations of protoplanetary disks by VLTI and ALMA have greatly improved our understanding of the detailed structure of these planetary birthplaces. These observations have revealed a variety of large-scale disk…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-23 Lukas Hildebrandt , Anton Krieger , Hubert Klahr , Julia Kobus , Alexander Bensberg , Sebastian Wolf