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This study employs numerical simulations to explore the relationship between the dynamical instability of planetary systems and the uniformity of planetary masses within the system, quantified by the Gini index. Our findings reveal a…

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Many of the multi-planet systems discovered to date have been notable for their compactness, with neighbouring planets closer together than any in the Solar System. Interestingly, planet-hosting stars have a wide range of ages, suggesting…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-04 Alysa Obertas , Christa Van Laerhoven , Daniel Tamayo

Studying the orbital stability of multi-planet systems is essential to understand planet formation, estimate the stable time of an observed planetary system, and advance population synthesis models. Although previous studies have primarily…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-01 Sheng Yang , Liangyu Wu , Zekai Zheng , Masahiro Ogihara , Kangrou Guo , Wenzhan Ouyang , Yaxing He

Protoplanetary discs may become dynamically unstable due to structure induced by an embedded giant planet. In this thesis, I discuss the stability of such systems and explore the consequence of instability on planetary migration. I begin…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2012-03-23 Min-Kai Lin

Exoplanet detection surveys revealed the existence of numerous multi-planetary systems packed close to their stability limit. In this proceeding, we review the mechanism driving the instability of compact systems, originally published in…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-02 Antoine C. Petit

Asteroid material is detected in white dwarfs (WDs) as atmospheric pollution by metals, in the form of gas/dust discs, or in photometric transits. Within the current paradigm, minor bodies need to be scattered, most likely by planets, into…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-12 R. F. Maldonado , E. Villaver , A. J. Mustill , M. Chávez , E. Bertone

Multi-planetary systems are prevalent in our Galaxy. The long-term stability of such systems may be disrupted if a distant inclined companion excites the eccentricity and inclination of the inner planets via the eccentric Kozai-Lidov…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-11 Lingfeng Wei , Smadar Naoz , Thea Faridani , Will M. Farr

We review the models and results of simulations of self-gravitating, gaseous protoplanetary disks in binary star systems. These models have been calculated by three different groups with three different computational methods, two…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Lucio Mayer , Alan Boss , Andrew F. Nelson

A restricted planar circular three-body system, consisting of the Sun and two planets, is studied as a simple model for a planetary system. The mass of the inner planet is considered to be larger and the system is assumed to be moving in a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Nader Haghighipour

The dynamics of systems of two and three planets, initially placed on circular and nearly coplanar orbits, is explored in the proximity of their stability limit. The evolution of a large number of systems is numerically computed and their…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 F. Marzari

Many extrasolar planetary systems containing multiple super-Earths have been discovered. N-body simulations taking into account standard type-I planetary migration suggest that protoplanets are captured into mean-motion resonant orbits near…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Yuji Matsumoto , Makiko Nagasawa , Shigeru Ida

Most stars form in star clusters and stellar associated. To understand the roles of star cluster environments in shaping the dynamical evolution of planetary systems, we carry out direct $N$-body simulations of four planetary systems models…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-15 Maxwell Xu Cai , M. B. N. Kouwenhoven , Simon F. Portegies Zwart , Rainer Spurzem

We study the dynamical stability of planetary systems consisting of one hypothetical terrestrial mass planet ($1 $ or $10 \mearth$) and one massive planet ($10 \mearth - 10 \mjup$). We consider masses and orbits that cover the range of…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Ravi kumar Kopparapu , Rory Barnes

Discoveries of exoplanets orbiting evolved stars motivate critical examinations of the dynamics of $N$-body systems with mass loss. Multi-planet evolved systems are particularly complex because of the mutual interactions between the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 George Voyatzis , John D. Hadjidemetriou , Dimitri Veras , Harry Varvoglis

We study the dynamics of planetary systems with two planets moving in the same plane, when frictional forces act on the two planets, in addition to the gravitational forces. The model of the general three-body problem is used. Different…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 J. D. Hadjidemetriou , G. Voyatzis

Current planet formation theories rely on initially compact orbital configurations undergoing a (possibly extended) phase of giant impacts following the dispersal of the dissipative protoplanetary disk. The orbital architectures of observed…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-05 Alysa Obertas , Daniel Tamayo , Norm Murray

The giant impact phase of terrestrial planet formation establishes connections between super-Earths' orbital properties (semimajor axis spacings, eccentricities, mutual inclinations) and interior compositions (the presence or absence of…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-09 Rebekah I. Dawson , Eve J. Lee , Eugene Chiang

The orbital distributions of currently observed extrasolar giant planets allow marginally stable orbits for hypothetical, terrestrial planets. In this paper, we propose that many of these systems may not have additional planets on these…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Soko Matsumura , Shigeru Ida , Makiko Nagasawa

The instability in protoplanetary disks due to gas-dust friction and self-gravity of gas and dust is investigated by linear analysis. In the case where the dust to gas ratio is enhanced and turbulence is week, the instability grows, even in…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Sanemichi Z. Takahashi , Shu-ichiro Inutsuka

In this paper, we consider how gas damping affects the dynamical evolution of gas-embedded star clusters. Using a simple three-component (i.e. one gas and two stellar components) model, we compare the rates of mass segregation due to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Nathan W. C. Leigh , Alessandra Mastrobuono Battisti , Hagai B. Perets , Torsten Boeker