Rapid formation of super-Earths around low-mass stars
@article{Zawadzki2020RapidFO, title={Rapid formation of super-Earths around low-mass stars}, author={Brianna Zawadzki and Daniel Carrera and Eric B. Ford}, journal={Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society}, year={2020} }
NASA’s TESS mission is expected to discover hundreds of M dwarf planets. However, few studies focus on how planets form around low-mass stars. We aim to better characterize the formation process of M dwarf planets to fill this gap and aid in the interpretation of TESS results. We use ten sets of N-body planet formation simulations that vary in whether a gas disc is present, initial range of embryo semimajor axes, and initial solid surface density profile. Each simulation begins with 147 equal…