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Outward migration of a giant planet with a gravitationally unstable gap edge
Min-Kai Lin, John Papaloizou
We present numerical simulations of disc-planet interactions where the planet opens a gravitationally unstable gap in an otherwise gravitationally stable disc. In our disc models,…
Spin down of protostars through gravitational torques
Min-Kai Lin, Mark R. Krumholz, Kaitlin M. Kratter
Young protostars embedded in circumstellar discs accrete from an angular momentum-rich mass reservoir. Without some braking mechanism, all stars should be spinning at or near break…
Edge modes in self-gravitating disc-planet interactions
Min-Kai Lin, John Papaloizou
We study the stability of gaps opened by a giant planet in a self-gravitating protoplanetary disc. We find a linear instability associated with both the self-gravity of the disc an…
The effect of self-gravity on vortex instabilities in disc-planet interactions
Min-Kai Lin, John Papaloizou
We study the effect of disc self-gravity on vortex-forming instabilities associated with gaps opened by a Saturn mass planet in a protoplanetary disc. It is shown analytically and…