Inside-out planet formation. III. Planet-disk interaction at the dead zone inner boundary

Xiao Hu, Zhaohuan Zhu, Jonathan C. Tan, Sourav Chatterjee

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Abstract

The Kepler mission has discovered more than 4000 exoplanet candidates. Many of them are in systems with tightly packed inner planets. Inside-out planet formation (IOPF) has been proposed as a scenario to explain these systems. It involves sequential in situ planet formation at the local pressure maximum of a retreating dead zone inner boundary (DZIB). Pebbles accumulate at this pressure trap, which builds up a pebble ring.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number19
JournalAstrophysical Journal
Volume816
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2016

Keywords

  • planetdisk interactions
  • planets and satellites: formation
  • protoplanetary disk

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

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