Animation of Planet in Disk
Displayed is the evolution of the interaction of a planet
with its surounding accretion disk.
The calculations are two-dimensional (r-phi) using the vertically
averaged surface density (Sigma). The disk is non-self gravitating.
Shown is always the evolution of the surface density. The mass ratio
planet/star (q) is set to 0.001, and the planet is on a
circular orbit (e=0).
The time is given in units of the orbit period of the planet.
Case 1: Gap opening: initial Sigma ~r^-0.5:
Movie 1
Case 2: Initial Gap imposed:
Movie 2