Widespread disruption of resonant chains during protoplanetary disk dispersal

Autor: Bradley M S Hansen, Tze-Yeung Yu, Yasuhiro Hasegawa
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: The Open Journal of Astrophysics, Vol 7 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2565-6120
DOI: 10.33232/001c.121410
Popis: We describe the evolution of low mass planets in a dispersing protoplanetary disk around a Solar mass star. The disk model is based on the results of \cite{YHH23}, which describes a region of the inner disk where the direction of the migration torque is outwards due to the diffusion of the stellar magnetic field into the disk and the resultant gradual increase in surface density outwards. We demonstrate that the magnetospheric rebound phase in such a disk leads to diverging orbits for double and triple planet systems, and the disruption of a high fraction of the initial resonant chains. We present simulations of three planet systems, with masses based on the observed triple planet systems observed by the Kepler satellite, within the context of this model. The final distribution of nearest neighbour period ratios provides an excellent fit to the observations, provided that the initial configurations {\bf contain a significant fraction of pairs whose period ratios are less than 2:1}. The occurrence rate of planets as a function of orbital period also provides a good match to the observations, for final orbital periods $P
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