Stellar irradiated discs and implications on migration of embedded planets III: viscosity transitions

Abstract

The migration strength and direction of embedded low-mass planets depends on the disc structure. In discs with an efficient radiative transport, the migration can be directed outwards for planets with more than 3-5 Earth masses. This is due to the entropy driven corotation torque, a process that extends the lifetimes of growing planetary embryos. We investigate the influence on the disc structure caused by a jump in the alpha parameter of the viscosity to model a dead-zone structure in the disc. We focus on M-dot discs, which have a constant net mass flux. Using the resulting disc structure, we investigate the consequences for the formation of planetesimals and determine the regions of outward migration for proto-planets. We performed numerical hydrosimulations of M-dot discs in the r-z-plane. We used the explicit/implicit hydrodynamical code FARGOCA that includes a full tensor viscosity and stellar irradiation as well as a two-temperature solver that includes radiation transport in the flux-limited diffusion approximation. Viscosity transitions inside the disc create transitions in density that stop inward migration for small planets through the so-called "planet trap" mechanism. This mechanism also works for planets down to M_P > 0.5M_E. Additionally, the viscosity transitions change the pressure gradient in the disc, which facilitates planetesimal formation via the streaming instability. However, a very steep transition in viscosity is needed to achieve in a pressure bump in the disc. The transition in viscosity facilitates planetesimal formation and can stop the migration of small-mass planets (M_P>0.5M_E), but still does not halt inward migration of smaller planets and planetesimals that are affected by gas drag. A very steep, probably unrealistic viscosity gradient is needed to trap planets of smaller masses and halt gas-drag-driven planetesimal migration at a pressure bump.

arXiv comment12 pages, accepted by A&A

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