Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2010-07-26
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
17 pages, 12 figures, 2 tables
Scientific paper
We carry out a series of high-resolution (1024 X 1024) hydrodynamic simulations to investigate the orbital evolution of a Saturn-Jupiter pair embedded in a gaseous disk. This work extends the results of our previous work by exploring a different orbital configuration---Jupiter lies outside Saturn (q<1, where q= M_i/M_o is the mass ratio of the inner planet and the outer one). We focus on the effects of different initial separations (d) between the two planets and the various surface density profiles of the disk, where \sigma \propto r^{-\alpha}. We also compare the results of different orbital configurations of the planet pair. Our results show that: (1) when the initial separation is relatively large(d>d_{iLr}, where d_{iLr} is the distance between Jupiter and its first inner Lindblad resonance), the two planets undergo divergent migration. However, the inward migration of Saturn could be halted when Jupiter compresses the inner disk in which Saturn is embedded. (2) Convergent migration occurs when the initial separation is smaller (d
Zhang Hui
Zhou Ji-Lin
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