• DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.14184.x
Corpus ID: 15124882

Gas accretion on to planetary cores: three-dimensional self-gravitating radiation hydrodynamical calculations

@article{Ayliffe2009GasAO,
  title={Gas accretion on to planetary cores: three-dimensional self-gravitating radiation hydrodynamical calculations},
  author={Ben A. Ayliffe and M. Bate},
  journal={Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society},
  year={2009},
  volume={393},
  pages={49-64}
}

Ben A. Ayliffe, M. Bate

Published 2009

Physics

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

We present results from three-dimensional, self-gravitating radiation hydrodynamical models of gas accretion by planetary cores. In some cases, the accretion flow is resolved down to the surface of the solid core – the first time such simulations have been performed. We investigate the dependence of the gas accretion rate upon the planetary core mass, and the surface density and opacity of the encompassing protoplanetary disc. Accretion of planetesimals is neglected. We find that high-mass… CONTINUE READING

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