scholarly journals The Thermal Regulation of Gravitational Instabilities in Protoplanetary Disks. IV. Simulations with Envelope Irradiation

2008 ◽  
Vol 673 (2) ◽  
pp. 1138-1153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Cai ◽  
Richard H. Durisen ◽  
Aaron C. Boley ◽  
Megan K. Pickett ◽  
Annie C. Mejia
Keyword(s):  
Protoplanetary Disks ◽  
Thermal Regulation ◽  
Gravitational Instabilities

The Thermal Regulation of Gravitational Instabilities in Protoplanetary Disks

2003 ◽  
Vol 590 (2) ◽  
pp. 1060-1080 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian K. Pickett ◽  
Annie C. Mejia ◽  
Richard H. Durisen ◽  
Patrick M. Cassen ◽  
Donald K. Berry ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protoplanetary Disks ◽  
Thermal Regulation ◽  
Gravitational Instabilities

scholarly journals The Thermal Regulation of Gravitational Instabilities in Protoplanetary Disks. III. Simulations with Radiative Cooling and Realistic Opacities

2006 ◽  
Vol 651 (1) ◽  
pp. 517-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron C. Boley ◽  
Annie C. Mejia ◽  
Richard H. Durisen ◽  
Kai Cai ◽  
Megan K. Pickett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protoplanetary Disks ◽  
Thermal Regulation ◽  
Radiative Cooling ◽  
Gravitational Instabilities

scholarly journals The Effects of Metallicity and Grain Size on Gravitational Instabilities in Protoplanetary Disks

2005 ◽  
Vol 636 (2) ◽  
pp. L149-L152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Cai ◽  
Richard H. Durisen ◽  
Scott Michael ◽  
Aaron C. Boley ◽  
Annie C. Mejía ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Protoplanetary Disks ◽  
Gravitational Instabilities

scholarly journals Probing protoplanetary disks with Aperture Masking

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (S299) ◽  
pp. 119-120
Author(s):  
S. Lacour ◽  
P. Tuthill ◽  
S. Casassus
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Range ◽  
Protoplanetary Disks ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Diffraction Limit ◽  
Long Baseline ◽  
Gravitational Instabilities ◽  
Core Accretion ◽  
Differential Imaging ◽  
Unique Ability ◽  
Orbital Migration

AbstractThe interaction between planetary formation and protostellar disks is among the most critical remaining pieces in the puzzle of solar system assembly. Leading theoretical models are constructed around two distinct scenarios: gravitational instabilities and core accretion. The physics of each applies to quite different epochs of formation, and exhibits complex dependencies on parameters like disk density and viscosity. Untangling the effects such processes have on the final planetary statistics necessitates direct observation of exoplanets in their primordial state, prior to orbital migration. Furthermore, detailed study of the environment, such as the way the planets shape the protostellar disk by driving accretion streams across disk gaps, will also constrain formation models. Aperture masking interferometry has demonstrated a unique ability to probe the gaps within stellar disks. It has twin advantages of a higher dynamic range at the diffraction limit (λ/D) than differential imaging, while at the same time giving very extensive UV coverage compared to long baseline interferometry.

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