Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-04-03
Astrophys.J.663:1325-1334,2007
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted by ApJ Figures adjusted for astro-ph
Scientific paper
10.1086/518591
Many extra-solar planets discovered over the past decade are gas giants in tight orbits around their host stars. Due to the difficulties of forming these `hot Jupiters' in situ, they are generally assumed to have migrated to their present orbits through interactions with their nascent discs. In this paper, we present a systematic study of giant planet migration in power law discs. We find that the planetary migration rate is proportional to the disc surface density. This is inconsistent with the assumption that the migration rate is simply the viscous drift speed of the disc. However, this result can be obtained by balancing the angular momentum of the planet with the viscous torque in the disc. We have verified that this result is not affected by adjusting the resolution of the grid, the smoothing length used, or the time at which the planet is released to migrate.
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