Chaotic zone boundary for low free eccentricity particles near an eccentric planet

Abstract

We consider particles with low free or proper eccentricity that are orbiting near planets on eccentric orbits. Via collisionless particle integration we numerically find the location of the boundary of the chaotic zone in the planet's corotation region. We find that the distance in semi-major axis between the planet and boundary depends on the planet mass to the 2/7 power and is independent of the planet eccentricity, at least for planet eccentricities below 0.3. Our integrations reveal a similarity between the dynamics of particles at zero eccentricity near a planet in a circular orbit and with zero free eccentricity particles near an eccentric planet. The 2/7 law has been previously explained by estimating the semi-major at which the first order mean motion resonances are large enough to overlap. Orbital dynamics near an eccentric planet could differ due to first order corotation resonances that have strength proportional to the planet's eccentricity. However, we find the corotation resonance width at low free eccentricity is small. Also the first order resonance width at zero free eccentricity is the same as that for a zero eccentricity particle near a planet in a circular orbit. This accounts for insensitivity of the chaotic zone width to planet eccentricity. Particles at zero free eccentricity near an eccentric planet have similar dynamics to those at zero eccentricity near a planet in a circular orbit.

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