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This paper constructs an analytic description for the late stages of giant planet formation. During this phase of evolution, the planet gains the majority of its final mass through gas accretion at a rapid rate. This work determines the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-17 Fred C Adams , Konstantin Batygin

Prevailing $N$-body planet formation models typically start with lunar-mass embryos and show a general trend of rapid migration of massive planetary cores to the inner Solar System in the absence of a migration trap. This setup cannot…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-27 Tommy Chi Ho Lau , Man Hoi Lee , Ramon Brasser , Soko Matsumura

We use a semi-analytic circumstellar disk model that considers movement of the snow line through evolution of accretion and the central star to investigate how gas giant frequency changes with stellar mass. The snow line distance changes…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Grant M. Kennedy , Scott J. Kenyon

The formation and evolution of galactic disks are complex phenomena, where gas and star dynamics are coupled through star formation and the related feedback. The physical processes are so numerous and intricate that numerical models focus,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 B. Semelin , F. Combes

Protoplanetary disks naturally emerge during protostellar core-collapse. In their early evolutionary stages, infalling material dominates their dynamical evolution. In the context of planet formation, this means that the conditions in young…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-23 L. -A. Hühn , C. P. Dullemond , U. Lebreuilly , R. S. Klessen , A. Maury , G. P. Rosotti , P. Hennebelle , E. Pacetti , L. Testi , S. Molinari

We investigate the collapse and fragmentation of low-mass, trans-sonically turbulent prestellar cores, using SPH simulations. The initial conditions are slightly supercritical Bonnor-Ebert spheres, all with the same density profile, the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 S. Walch , T. Naab , A. Burkert , A. Whitworth , M. Gritschneder

Class II protoplanetary discs feature numerous non-axisymmetric substructures like spirals and the underlying mechanisms for their formation are still highly debated. Coincidentally, early stage, massive discs are subject to the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-25 Marc Van den Bossche , Oliver Gressel

I discuss the role that disc fragmentation plays in the formation of gas giant and terrestrial planets, and how this relates to the formation of brown dwarfs and low-mass stars, and ultimately to the process of star formation. Protostellar…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Dimitris Stamatellos

In the hot-start core accretion formation model for gas giants, the interior of a planet is usually assumed to be fully convective. By calculating the detailed internal evolution of a planet assuming hot start outer boundary conditions, we…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-13 David Berardo , Andrew Cumming

We report on the results of novel global high-resolution three-dimensional simulations of disk-planet interaction which incorporate simultaneously realistic radiation physics and the self-gravity of the gas, as well as allowing the planet…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-06-26 Laure Fouchet , Lucio Mayer

We address the formation of giant clumps in violently unstable gas-rich disc galaxies at cosmic noon. While these are commonly thought to originate from gravitational Toomre instability, cosmological simulations have indicated that clumps…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-06-13 Nir Mandelker , Omry Ginzburg , Avishai Dekel , Frederic Bournaud , Mark R. Krumholz , Daniel Ceverino , Joel Primack

Planet formation occurs over a few Myr within protoplanetary discs of dust and gas, which are often assumed to evolve in isolation. However, extended gaseous structures have been uncovered around many protoplanetary discs, suggestive of…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-09 Andrew J. Winter , Myriam Benisty , Sean M. Andrews

In the standard model of gas giant planet formation, a large solid core (~ 10 times the Earth's mass) forms first, then accretes its massive envelope (100 or more Earth masses) of gas. However, inward planet migration due to gravitational…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Edward W. Thommes , Norman Murray

Exoplanet observations have shown that the occurrence and orbital architectures of close-in super-Earths and sub-Neptunes are shaped by the presence of outer gas giant planets. This influence may emerge during the formation stage or from…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-04 Marcela Best , Antranik A. Sefilian , Carolina Charalambous , Kedron Silsbee , Cristobal Petrovich

It has been suggested that long-period giant planets, such as HD 95086b and HR 8799bcde, may have formed through gravitational instability of protoplanetary discs. However, self-gravitating disc-satellite interaction can lead to the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Ryan Cloutier , Min-Kai Lin

The discovery of protoplanets and circumplanetary disks provides a unique opportunity to characterize planet formation through observations. Massive protoplanets shape the physical and chemical structure of their host circumstellar disk by…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-15 Felipe Alarcón , Edwin Bergin

It is often argued that gravitational instability of realistic protoplanetary discs is only possible at distances larger than $\sim 50$ au from the central star, requiring high disc masses and accretion rates, and that therefore disc…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-12 Hans Lee , Sergei Nayakshin , Richard A. Booth

The ubiquity of planets and diversity of planetary systems reveal planet formation encompass many complex and competing processes. In this series of papers, we develop and upgrade a population synthesis model as a tool to identify the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 S. Ida , D. N. C. Lin , M. Nagasawa

Recent studies of solar system formation suggest that the solar system's giant planets formed and migrated in the protoplanetary disk to reach resonant orbits with all planets inside 15 AU from the Sun. After the gas disk's dispersal,…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 David Nesvorny

Recent observations of protoplanetary disks have revealed ring-like structures that can be associated to pressure maxima. Pressure maxima are known to be dust collectors and planet migration traps. Most of planet formation works are based…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-14 O. M. Guilera , Zs. Sándor , M. P. Ronco , J. Venturini , M. M. Miller Bertolami