Planet formation—Observational constraints, physical processes, and compositional patterns

C Mordasini, R Burn - Reviews in Mineralogy and …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
A general theory of planet formation has been a topic of intense study over many years. The
interest in such a theory emerges naturally from asking the question of where our planet …

A tale of planet formation: from dust to planets

B Liu, J Ji - Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The characterization of exoplanets and their birth protoplanetary disks has enormously
advanced in the last decade. Benefitting from that, our global understanding of the planet …

Planet formation theory in the era of ALMA and Kepler: from pebbles to exoplanets

J Drazkowska, B Bitsch, M Lambrechts… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Our understanding of planet formation has been rapidly evolving in recent years. The
classical planet formation theory, developed when the only known planetary system was our …

On the diversity of asymmetries in gapped protoplanetary disks

N Van der Marel, T Birnstiel, A Garufi… - The Astronomical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Protoplanetary disks with large inner dust cavities are thought to host massive planetary or
substellar companions. These disks show asymmetries and rings in the millimeter …

How to make giant planets via pebble accretion

S Savvidou, B Bitsch - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2023 - aanda.org
Planet formation is directly linked to the birthing environment that protoplanetary disks
provide. The disk properties determine whether a giant planet will form and how it evolves …

Dust Hot Spots at 10 au Scales around the Class 0 Binary IRAS 16293–2422 A: A Departure from the Passive Irradiation Model

MJ Maureira, M Gong, JE Pineda, HB Liu… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Characterizing the physical conditions at disk scales in class 0 sources is crucial for
constraining the protostellar accretion process and the initial conditions for planet formation …

Constraints on the dust size distributions in the HD 163296 disk from the difference of the apparent dust ring widths between two ALMA Bands

K Doi, A Kataoka - The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The dust size in protoplanetary disks is a crucial parameter for understanding planet
formation, while the observational constraints on dust size distribution have large …

Toward a population synthesis of disks and planets-II. Confronting disk models and observations at the population level

A Emsenhuber, R Burn, J Weder, K Monsch… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Aims. We want to find the distribution of initial conditions that best reproduces disc
observations at the population level. Methods. We first ran a parameter study using a 1D …

How dust fragmentation may be beneficial to planetary growth by pebble accretion

J Drążkowska, SM Stammler, T Birnstiel - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. Pebble accretion is an emerging paradigm for the fast growth of planetary cores.
Pebble flux and pebble sizes are the key parameters used in the pebble accretion models …

Gravitational Instability, Spiral Substructure, and Modest Grain Growth in a Typical Protostellar Disk: Modeling Multiwavelength Dust Continuum Observations of …

W Xu, S Ohashi, Y Aso, HB Liu - The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Embedded class 0/I protostellar disks represent the initial condition for planet formation. This
calls for a better understanding of their bulk properties and the dust grains within them. We …