Orbital migration and the period distribution of exoplanets

DOI10.1051/0004-6361:20041561zbMATH Open1063.85500arXivastro-ph/0508600OpenAlexW2156385099WikidataQ68571681 ScholiaQ68571681MaRDI QIDQ3024937FDOQ3024937

Authors: Antonino Del Popolo, N. Ercan, Ibrahim Saffet Yeşilyurt 

Publication date: 4 July 2005

Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We use the model for the migration of planets introduced in Del Popolo, Yesilyurt & Ercan (2003) to calculate the observed mass and semimajor axis distribution of extra-solar planets. The assumption that the surface density in planetesimals is proportional to that of gas is relaxed, and in order to describe disc evolution we use a method which, using a series of simplifying assumptions, is able to simultaneously follow the evolution of gas and solid particles for up to $10^{7}myr$. The distribution of planetesimals obtained after $10^{7}myr$ is used to study the migration rate of a giant planet through the model of this paper. The disk and migration models are used to calculate the distribution of planets as function of mass and semimajor axis. The results show that the model can give a reasonable prediction of planets' semi-major axes and mass distribution. In particular there is a pile-up of planets at $asimeq0.05$ AU, a minimum near 0.3 AU, indicating a paucity of planets at that distance, and a rise for semi-major axes larger than 0.3 AU, out to 3 AU. The semi-major axis distribution shows that the more massive planets (typically, masses larger than $4M_{mJ}$) form preferentially in the outer regions and do not migrate much. Intermediate-mass objects migrate more easily whatever the distance they form, and that the lighter planets (masses from sub-Saturnian to Jovian) migrate easily.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0508600

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Galactic and stellar dynamics (85A05)

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