Size and density sorting of dust grains in SPH simulations of protoplanetary discs

Abstract

The size and density of dust grains determine their response to gas drag in protoplanetary discs. Aerodynamical (size x density) sorting is one of the proposed mechanisms to explain the grain properties and chemical fractionation of chondrites. However, the efficiency of aerodynamical sorting and the location in the disc in which it could occur are still unknown. Although the effects of grain sizes and growth in discs have been widely studied, a simultaneous analysis including dust composition is missing. In this work we present the dynamical evolution and growth of multicomponent dust in a protoplanetary disc using a 3D, two-fluid (gas+dust) Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) code. We find that the dust vertical settling is characterised by two phases: a density-driven phase which leads to a vertical chemical sorting of dust and a size-driven phase which enhances the amount of lighter material in the midplane. We also see an efficient radial chemical sorting of the dust at large scales. We find that dust particles are aerodynamically sorted in the inner disc. The disc becomes sub-solar in its Fe/Si ratio on the surface since the early stage of evolution but sub-solar Fe/Si can be also found in the outer disc-midplane at late stages. Aggregates in the disc mimic the physical and chemical properties of chondrites, suggesting that aerodynamical sorting played an important role in determining their final structure.

arXiv commentAstroph version. MNRAS: Accepted 2017 March 30. Received 2017 March 30; in original form 2016 May 10

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