On the Early Evolution of Forming Jovian Planets I: Initial Conditions, Systematics and Qualitative Comparisons to Theory

Abstract

(abridged) We analyze the formation and migration of a proto-Jovian companion in a circumstellar disk in 2d, during the period in which the companion makes its transition from `Type I' to `Type II' migration, using a PPM code. Spiral waves are generated by the gravitational torque of the planet on the disk. Their effects are to cause the planet to migrate inward and the disk to form a deep (low surface density) gap. Until a transition to slower Type II migration, the migration rate of the planet is of order 1 AU/10${}^3$ yr, and varies by less than a factor of two with a factor twenty change in planet mass, but depends near linearly on the disk mass. Although the disk is stable to self gravitating perturbations (Toomre $Q>5$ everywhere), migration is faster by a factor of two or more when self gravity is suppressed. Migration is equally sensitive to the disk's mass distribution within 1--2 Hill radii of the planet, as demonstrated by our simulations' sensitivity to the planet's assumed gravitational softening parameter. Rapid migration can continue after gap formation. Gaps are typically several AU in width and display the \mplan${}^{2/3}$ proportionality predicted by theory. Beginning from an initially unperturbed 0.05\msun disk, planets of mass $M_{\mathrm{pl}}>0.3$\mj can open a gap deep and wide enough to complete the transition to slower \ttwo migration. Lower mass objects continue to migrate rapidly, eventually impacting the inner boundary of our grid. This transition mass is much larger than that predicted as the `Shiva mass' discussed in Ward and Hahn (2000), making the survival of forming planets even more precarious than they would predict.

39 pages incl 13 figures. High resolution color figures at http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~andy/publications.html

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