The minimum mass of detectable planets in protoplanetary discs and the derivation of planetary masses from high resolution observations

Abstract

We investigate the minimum planet mass that produces observable signatures in infrared scattered light and submm continuum images and demonstrate how these images can be used to measure planet masses to within a factor of about two. To this end we perform multi-fluid gas and dust simulations of discs containing low mass planets, generating simulated observations at $1.65\mu$m, $10\mu$m and $850\mu$m. We show that the minimum planet mass that produces a detectable signature is $\sim 15M_{\oplus }$: this value is strongly dependent on disc temperature and changes slightly with wavelength (favouring the submm). We also confirm previous results that there is a minimum planet mass of $\sim 20M_{\oplus }$ that produces a pressure maximum in the disc: only planets above this threshold mass generate a dust trap that can eventually create a hole in the submm dust. Below this mass, planets produce annular enhancements in dust outward of the planet and a reduction in the vicinity of the planet. These features are in steady state and can be understood in terms of variations in the dust radial velocity, imposed by the perturbed gas pressure radial profile, analogous to a traffic jam. We also show how planet masses can be derived from structure in scattered light and sub-mm images. We emphasise that simulations with dust need to be run over thousands of planetary orbits so as to allow the gas profile to achieve a steady state and caution against the estimation of planet masses using gas only simulations.

arXiv comment17 pages, 17 figures; revised version (after referee's comments) submitted to MNRAS

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