Interactions of High and Low-Mass Planets with Protoplanetary Disks

2002/09/18 by Stephen H. Lubow, Matthew R. Bate, Lubow, Stephen H. +3
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0209364

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

arxiv created 2002/09/18 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

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.

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