The tidal interaction between planets and the protoplanetary disk
W. Kley
Talk presented at the conference:
Two decades of Numerical Astrophysics
July 5-9, 1999, Port Douglas, Australia
Abstract:
The discovery of now about 20 extrasolar planets orbiting solar-type
stars with properties quite different from those in our Solar System
has raised many questions about the formation and evolution of planets.
The tidal interaction between the planet and the
surrounding disk determines the orbital properties and the mass of the
planet.
We have performed numerical computations of a planet embedded in a
protoplanetary disk and found that for typical values of the
viscosity the planet may easily grow upto ten Jupiter masses.
New results on the mass evolution and the migration of the planet
are presented.
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