Connecting historical disk interactions with current planetary system architectures
Abstract
Recent analyses of Kepler's multiplanet systems show several statistically significant peaks in the distribution of period ratios (Steffen & Hwang arXiv:1409.3320). One prominent peak is near a period ratio of 2.2. Usually planets that migrate in a gas disk become trapped at period ratios of 2:1, 3:2, etc. Thus, standard disk migration would not predict a large number of planets near 2.2. A paper by Baruteau, C. & Papaloizou, J. (2013, ApJ, 778, 7-21) may have identified an explanation to the unexpected peak. Planets in a gas disk that open a common gap often bypassed the 2:1 resonance and stopped their migration at smaller period ratios. However, planets that did not open a common gap often stopped their migration wide of the 2:1 resonance due to interactions with the wakes left by the planets. Using FARGO3D to model planet/disk interactions I hope to identify the system parameters that are needed to produce the observed period ratios. This information will give important insights into the dynamical evolution of planetary systems. We present the results of our simulations.
- Publication:
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American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #225
- Pub Date:
- January 2015
- Bibcode:
- 2015AAS...22525727E