Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2009-08-05
ApJ 691, 382 (2009)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Scientific paper
We model the assembly of planets from planetary embryos under the conditions suggested by various scenarios for the formation of the planetary system around the millisecond pulsar B1257+12. We find that the most likely models fall at the low angular momentum end of the proposed range. Models that invoke supernova fallback produce such disks, although we find that a solar composition disk produces a more likely evolution than one composed primarily of heavy elements. Furthermore, we find that dust sedimentation must occur rapidly as the disk cools, in order that the solid material be confined to a sufficiently narrow range of radii. A quantitative comparison between the observations and the best-fit models shows that the simulations can reproduce the observed eccentricities and masses, but have difficulty reproducing the compactness of the pulsar planet system. Finally, we examine the results of similar studies of solar system terrestrial planet accumulation and discuss what can be learned from the comparison.
Currie Thayne
Hansen Brad
Shih Hsin-Yi
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