Gravitational interaction between a planet and an optically thin disc

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Dec 2003

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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 346, Issue 3, pp. 915-923.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Hydrodynamics, Radiative Transfer, Methods: Numerical, Planetary Systems: Formation, Planetary Systems: Protoplanetary Discs

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We investigate the gravitational interaction between a planet and an optically thin protoplanetary disc, performing local three-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations. In the present study, we take account of radiative energy transfer in optically thin discs. Before the stage of planetary accretion, dust opacity is expected to decrease significantly because of grain growth and planetesimal formation. Thus, it would be reasonable to consider optically thin discs in the disc-planet interaction. Furthermore, we focus on small planets that can neither capture disc gas nor open a disc gap. The one-sided torque exerted on a planet by an optically thin disc is examined for various values of the disc optical thickness (<1). In optically thin discs, the temperature behind the density waves is lower than the unperturbed value because of radiative cooling. Heating due to shock dissipation is less effective than radiative cooling. Because of radiative cooling, the density distribution around the planet is not axisymmetric, which exerts an additional torque on the planet. The torque enhancement becomes maximum when the cooling time is comparable with the Keplerian period. The enhancement is significant for low-mass planets. For planets with 3 M⊕, the additional one-sided torque can be 40 per cent of the torque in the isothermal case. The radiative cooling is expected to change the differential torque and the migration speed of planets, too.

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