Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-05-22
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Chapter to appear in the book "Planets in Binary Star Systems," ed. Nader Haghighipour (Springer publishing company), 2007
Scientific paper
We study to which extent planetesimal accretion is affected by the perturbing presence of a compagnon star. We concentrate on one crucial parameter: the distribution of encounter velocities within the planetesimal swarm. We numerically explore the evolution of this parameter taking into account the secular perturbations of the binary and friction due to the very likely presence of gas in the disk. $<\Delta v>$ maps are derived, for planetesimals of different sizes, for a total of 120 binary configurations (eccentricity eb and separation ab). We identify for each case 3 different accreting behaviours. 1) In regions where no significant dV increase is observed, ``classical'' (i.e., single-star) accretion is possible. 2) In regions where $dV>v_{ero}$, the threshold velocity above which all impacts are eroding, no accretion is possible and planet growth is stopped. 3) In between these 2 limiting behaviours, a large fraction of binary configurations leads to significant dV increase, but still below the erosion threshold. In this intermediate case, planetesimal growth can occur, but proceeds slower than in the single-star case, possibly following the so-called type II runaway groth mode.
Kortenkamp Steven
Marzari Francesco
Scholl Hans
Thébault Philippe
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