Models of Giant Planet formation with migration and disc evolution

Details Models of Giant Planet formation with migration and disc evolution Models of Giant Planet formation with migration and disc evolution

2004-12-16

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0412444v1

Astron.Astrophys.434:343-353,2005

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted in Astronomy & Astrophysics

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20042032

We present a new model of giant planet formation that extends the core-accretion model of Pollack etal (1996) to include migration, disc evolution and gap formation. We show that taking into account these effects can lead to a much more rapid formation of giant planets, making it compatible with the typical disc lifetimes inferred from observations of young circumstellar discs. This speed up is due to the fact that migration prevents the severe depletion of the feeding zone as observed in in situ calculations. Hence, the growing planet is never isolated and it can reach cross-over mass on a much shorter timescale. To illustrate the range of planets that can form in our model, we describe a set of simulations in which we have varied some of the initial parameters and compare the final masses and semi-major axes with those inferred from observed extra-solar planets.

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