Formation of giant gaseous protoplanets by gravitational instability

Details Formation of giant gaseous protoplanets by gravitational instability Formation of giant gaseous protoplanets by gravitational instability

Mar 1997

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997lpi....28..137b&link_type=abstract

Conference Paper, 28th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, p. 137.

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Gas Giant Planets, Protoplanets, Planetary Evolution, Gravitational Collapse, Brown Dwarf Stars, Extrasolar Planets, Three Dimensional Models, Hydrodynamic Equations, Perturbation Theory

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The recent discovery of a number of suspected extrasolar planets and brown dwarf stars prompts a reevaluation of the possible mechanisms for giant planet formation. A 3D hydrodynamics code is presently used to study the formation of giant planets through the gravitational instability of a protoplanetary disk. Giant gaseous protoplanets are shown to form in a moderately massive disk even when the perturbations behave adiabatically.

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