Corotation torques experienced by planets embedded in weakly magnetized turbulent discs
Corotation torques experienced by planets embedded in weakly magnetized turbulent discs
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嵌入弱磁化湍流盘中的行星所经历的共转扭矩
DOI:
10.1051/0004-6361/201117227
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发表时间:
2011
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6.5
通讯作者:
Baruteau C
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作者:
Baruteau C
ContextThe migration of low-mass planets, or type I migration, is driven by the differential Lindblad torque and the corotation torque in non-magnetic viscous models of protoplanetary discs. The corotation torque has recently received detailed attention, because of its ability to slow down, stall, or reverse type I migration. In laminar viscous disc models, the long-term evolution of the corotation torque is intimately related to viscous and thermal diffusion processes in the planet’s horseshoe region. It is unclear how the corotation torque behaves in turbulent discs, and whether its amplitude is correctly predicted by viscous disc models.AimsThis paper is aimed at examining the properties of the corotation torque in discs where magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence develops as a result of the magnetorotational instability (MRI), considering a weak initial toroidal magnetic field.MethodsWe present results of 3D MHD simulations carried out with two different codes. Non-ideal MHD effects and the disc’s vertical stratification are neglected, and locally isothermal disc models are considered. The running time-averaged tidal torque exerted by the disc on a fixed planet is evaluated in three different disc models.ResultsWe first present simulation results with an inner disc cavity (planet trap). As in viscous disc models, the planet is found to experience a positive running time-averaged torque over several hundred orbits, which highlights the existence of an unsaturated corotation torque maintained in the long term in MHD turbulent discs. Two disc models with initial power-law density and temperature profiles are also adopted, in which the time-averaged tidal torque is found to be in decent agreement with its counterpart in laminar viscous disc models with similar viscosity alpha parameter at the planet location. Detailed analysis of the averaged torque density distributions indicates that the differential Lindblad torque takes very similar values in MHD turbulent and laminar viscous discs, and there exists an unsaturated corotation torque in MHD turbulent discs. This analysis also reveals the existence of an additional corotation torque in weakly magnetized discs.ConclusionsOur results of 3D MHD simulations demonstrate the existence of horseshoe dynamics and an unsaturated corotation torque in weakly magnetized discs with fully developed MHD turbulence.
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DOI:
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2003
期刊:
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