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Baroclinic generation of potential vorticity in an embedded planet-disk system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2007

Jianghui JI ,
Shangli OU  and
Lin LIU
Jianghui JI
Affiliation:
Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China email: [email protected]
Shangli OU
Affiliation:
High Performance Computing, Center for Computation and Technology/Information Technology Services, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 email: [email protected]
Lin LIU
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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Abstract

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We use a multi-dimensional hydrodynamics code to study the gravitational interaction between an embedded planet and a protoplanetary disk with emphasis on the generation of vortensity (Potential Vorticity or PV) through a Baroclinic Instability. We show that the generation of PV is very common and effective in non-barotropic disks through the Baroclinic Instability, especially within the coorbital region. Our results also complement previous work that non-axisymmetric Rossby-Wave Instabilities (RWIs) are likely to develop at local minima of PV distribution that are generated by the interaction between a planet and an inviscid barotropic disk. The development of RWIs results in non-axisymmetric density blobs, which exert stronger torques onto the planet when they move to the vicinity of the planet. Hence, large amplitude oscillations are introduced to the time behavior of the total torque acted on the planet by the disk. In current simulations, RWIs do not change the overall picture of inward orbital migration but cause a non-monotonic behavior to the migration speed. As a side effect, RWIs also introduce interesting structures into the disk. These structures may help the formation of Earth-like planets in the Habitable Zone or Hot Earths interior to a close-in giant planet.

Keywords

accretionaccretion disks - Baroclinic Instability - Rossby-wave instability - hydrodynamics - numerical methods - planetary systems: protoplanetary disks
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 3 , Symposium S249: Exoplanets: Detection, Formation and Dynamics , October 2007 , pp. 407 - 412
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2008

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