TY - JOUR
T1 - Gas disks to gas giants
T2 - Simulating the birth of planetary systems
AU - Thommes, Edward W.
AU - Matsumura, Soko
AU - Rasio, Frederic A.
PY - 2008/8/8
Y1 - 2008/8/8
N2 - The ensemble of now more than 250 discovered planetary systems displays a wide range of masses, orbits and, in multiple systems, dynamical interactions. These represent the end point of a complex sequence of events, wherein an entire protostellar disk converts itself into a small number of planetary bodies. Here, we present self-consistent numerical simulations of this process, which produce results in agreement with some of the key trends observed in the properties of the exoplanets. Analogs to our own solar system do not appear to be common, originating from disks near the boundary between barren and (giant) planet-forming.
AB - The ensemble of now more than 250 discovered planetary systems displays a wide range of masses, orbits and, in multiple systems, dynamical interactions. These represent the end point of a complex sequence of events, wherein an entire protostellar disk converts itself into a small number of planetary bodies. Here, we present self-consistent numerical simulations of this process, which produce results in agreement with some of the key trends observed in the properties of the exoplanets. Analogs to our own solar system do not appear to be common, originating from disks near the boundary between barren and (giant) planet-forming.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=49449090903&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1126/science.1159723
DO - 10.1126/science.1159723
M3 - Article
C2 - 18687958
AN - SCOPUS:49449090903
SN - 0036-8075
VL - 321
SP - 814
EP - 817
JO - Science
JF - Science
IS - 5890
ER -