Journal article
Orbital migration of giant planets induced by gravitationally unstable gaps: the effect of planet mass
Abstract
It has been established that self-gravitating disc–satellite interaction can lead to the formation of a gravitationally unstable gap. Such an instability may significantly affect the orbital migration of gap-opening perturbers in self-gravitating discs. In this paper, we extend the two-dimensional hydrodynamic simulations of Lin & Papaloizou to investigate the role of the perturber or planet mass on the gravitational stability of gaps and its …
Authors
Cloutier R; Lin M-K
Journal
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 434, No. 1, pp. 621–632
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
September 1, 2013
DOI
10.1093/mnras/stt1047
ISSN
0035-8711