Gas accretion onto planetary cores: three-dimensional self-gravitating radiation hydrodynamical calculations

Abstract

We present results from three-dimensional, self-gravitating radiation hydrodynamical models of gas accretion by planetary cores. In some cases, the accretion flow is resolved down to the surface of the solid core -- the first time such simulations have been performed. We investigate the dependence of the gas accretion rate upon the planetary core mass, and the surface density and opacity of the encompassing protoplanetary disc. Accretion of planetesimals is neglected. We find that high-mass protoplanets are surrounded by thick circumplanetary discs during their gas accretion phase but, contrary to locally-isothermal calculations, discs do not form around accreting protoplanets with masses ~< 50M_Earth when radiation hydrodynamical simulations are performed, even if the grain opacity is reduced from interstellar values by a factor of 100. We find that the opacity of the gas plays a large role in determining the accretion rates for low-mass planetary cores. For example, reducing the opacities from interstellar values by a factor of 100 leads to roughly an order of magnitude increase in the accretion rates for 10-20M_Earth protoplanets. The dependence on opacity becomes less important in determining the accretion rate for more massive cores where gravity dominates the effects of thermal support and the protoplanet is essentially accreting at the runaway rate. Finally, for low-mass planetary cores (~< 20M_Earth), we obtain accretion rates that are in agreement with previous one-dimensional quasi-static models. This indicates that three-dimensional hydrodynamical effects may not significantly alter the gas accretion timescales that have been obtained from quasi-static models.

16 pages, 15 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS. V2 includes small corrections to the radiation hydrodynamical accretion rates for a Jupiter mass core, including an updated figure 8; conclusions are unaffected

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