3D SPH simulations of grain growth in protoplanetary disks

Details 3D SPH simulations of grain growth in protoplanetary disks 3D SPH simulations of grain growth in protoplanetary disks

2007-09-19

arxiv.org/abs/0709.3070v1

Dans SF2A-2007: Semaine de l'Astrophysique Francaise - SF2A-2007: Semaine de l'Astrophysique Francaise, Grenoble : France (200

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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6 pages, 4 figures, to appear in the proceedings of "SF2A-2007: Semaine de l'Astrophysique Francaise", (J. Bouvier, A. Chalaba

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We present the first results of the treatment of grain growth in our 3D, two-fluid (gas+dust) SPH code describing protoplanetary disks. We implement a scheme able to reproduce the variation of grain sizes caused by a variety of physical processes and test it with the analytical expression of grain growth given by Stepinski & Valageas (1997) in simulations of a typical T Tauri disk around a one solar mass star. The results are in agreement with a turbulent growing process and validate the method. We are now able to simulate the grain growth process in a protoplanetary disk given by a more realistic physical description, currently under development. We discuss the implications of the combined effect of grain growth and dust vertical settling and radial migration on subsequent planetesimal formation.

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