We investigate the influence of photoevaporation of protoplanetary discs on the final distribution of exoplanets semimajor axis distances. We model giant planet migration in viscous discs affected by photoevaporation driven by either pure EUV or soft X-ray radiation (XEUV). We show that the final exoplanet distributions are strongly dependant on the choice of the photoevaporation model. In particular, we find that XEUV is more efficient than pure EUV radiation at parking planets at approximately 1-2 au distance from their central star, hence roughly reproducing the observed peak in the exoplanets semimajor axis distributions. We note however that a more quantitative comparison with the observations is hindered by the oversimplified treatment of planetary accretion, which severely affects migration rates. For this reason, caution should be used when using these models to constrain details of disc clearing and/or migration from the observations. Nevertheless our results indicate that disc dispersal by photoevaporation may be the main driver of the features in the exoplanets semimajor axis distribution observed by recent surveys.
The link between disc dispersal by photoevaporation and the semimajor axis distribution of exoplanets / B. Ercolano, G. Rosotti. - In: MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. - ISSN 0035-8711. - 450:3(2015 Jul 01), pp. 3008-3014. [10.1093/mnras/stv833]
The link between disc dispersal by photoevaporation and the semimajor axis distribution of exoplanets
G. RosottiUltimo
2015
Abstract
We investigate the influence of photoevaporation of protoplanetary discs on the final distribution of exoplanets semimajor axis distances. We model giant planet migration in viscous discs affected by photoevaporation driven by either pure EUV or soft X-ray radiation (XEUV). We show that the final exoplanet distributions are strongly dependant on the choice of the photoevaporation model. In particular, we find that XEUV is more efficient than pure EUV radiation at parking planets at approximately 1-2 au distance from their central star, hence roughly reproducing the observed peak in the exoplanets semimajor axis distributions. We note however that a more quantitative comparison with the observations is hindered by the oversimplified treatment of planetary accretion, which severely affects migration rates. For this reason, caution should be used when using these models to constrain details of disc clearing and/or migration from the observations. Nevertheless our results indicate that disc dispersal by photoevaporation may be the main driver of the features in the exoplanets semimajor axis distribution observed by recent surveys.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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