MODELING THE FORMATION OF GIANT PLANET CORES. I. EVALUATING KEY PROCESSES

被引:116
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作者
Levison, Harold F. [1 ]
Thommes, Edward [2 ]
Duncan, Martin J. [3 ]
机构
[1] SW Res Inst, Boulder, CO 80302 USA
[2] Univ Guelph, Dept Phys, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
[3] Queens Univ, Dept Phys, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
来源
ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL | 2010年 / 139卷 / 04期
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
planets and satellites: formation; OLIGARCHIC GROWTH; ORBITAL EVOLUTION; GASEOUS ENVELOPE; SOLAR NEBULA; GAS DRAG; ACCRETION; MIGRATION; PLANETESIMALS; PROTOPLANET; BODY;
D O I
10.1088/0004-6256/139/4/1297
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
One of the most challenging problems we face in our understanding of planet formation is how Jupiter and Saturn could have formed before the solar nebula dispersed. The most popular model of giant planet formation is the so-called core accretion model. In this model a large planetary embryo formed first, mainly by two-body accretion. This is then followed by a period of inflow of nebular gas directly onto the growing planet. The core accretion model has an Achilles heel, namely the very first step. We have undertaken the most comprehensive study of this process to date. In this study, we numerically integrate the orbits of a number of planetary embryos embedded in a swarm of planetesimals. In these experiments, we have included a large number of physical processes that might enhance accretion. In particular, we have included (1) aerodynamic gas drag, (2) collisional damping between planetesimals, (3) enhanced embryo cross sections due to their atmospheres, (4) planetesimal fragmentation, and (5) planetesimal-driven migration. We find that the gravitational interaction between the embryos and the planetesimals leads to the wholesale redistribution of material-regions are cleared of material and gaps open near the embryos. Indeed, in 90% of our simulations without fragmentation, the region near those embryos is cleared of planetesimals before much growth can occur. Thus, the widely used assumption that the surface density distribution of planetesimals is smooth can lead to misleading results. In the remaining 10% of our simulations, the embryos undergo a burst of outward migration that significantly increases growth. On timescales of similar to 10(5) years, the outer embryo can migrate similar to 6 AU and grow to roughly 30 M-circle dot. This represents a largely unexplored mode of core formation. We also find that the inclusion of planetesimal fragmentation tends to inhibit growth except for a narrow range of fragment migration rates.
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页码:1297 / 1314
页数:18
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