On the Dynamics of Dust Grains in a Hierarchical Environment |
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| Authors: | Marcos C De La Fuente Marcos R De La Fuente |
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| Institution: | (1) Stellar Dynamics Unit, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Saint Louis University, Madrid, Spain Campus, Avda. del Valle 34, E-28003 Madrid, Spain |
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| Abstract: | Most main sequence stars are binaries or higher multiplicity Systems and it appears that at birth most stars have circumstellar
disks. It is commonly accepted that planetary systems arise from the material of these disks; consequently, binary and multiple
systems may have a main role in planet formation. In this paper, we study the stage of planetary formation during which the
particulate material is still dispersed as centimetre-to-metre sized primordial aggregates. We investigate the response of
the particles, in a protoplanetary disk with radius RD = 100 AU around a solar-like star, to the gravitational field of bound perturbing companions in a moderately wide (300–1600
AU) orbit. For this purpose, we have carried out a series of simulations of coplanar hierarchical configurations using a direct
integration code that models gravitational and viscous forces. The massive protoplanetary disk is around one of the components
of the binary. The evolution in time of the dust sub-disk depends mainly on the nature (prograde or retrograde) of the relative
revolution of the stellar companion, and on the temperature and mass of the circumstellar disk. Our results show that for
binary companions near the limit of tidal truncation of the disk, the perturbation leads to an enhanced accretion rate onto
the primary, decreasing the lifetime of the particles in the protoplanetary disk with respect to the case of a single star.
As a consequence of an enhanced accretion rate the mass of the disk decreases faster, which leads to a longer resultant lifetime
for particles in the disk. On the other hand, binary companions may induce tidal arms in the dust phase of protoplanetary
disks. Spiral perturbations with m = 1 may increase in a factor 10 or more the dust surface density in the neighbourhood of
the arm, facilitating the growth of the particles. Moreover, in a massive disk (0.01M⊙) the survival time of particles is
significantly shorter than in a less massive nebula (0.001M⊙) and the temperature of the disk severely influences the spiral-in
time of particles. The rapid evolution of the dust component found in post T Tauri stars can be explained as a result of their
binary nature. Binarity may also influence the evolution of circumpulsar disks.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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| Keywords: | Accretion accretion disks celestial mechanics circumstellar matter circumstellar matter formation solar system stellar dynamics |
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