A Potential Site for Wide-orbit Giant Planet Formation in the IM Lup Disk
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A Potential Site for Wide-orbit Giant Planet Formation in the IM Lup Disk. / Bosman, Arthur D.; Appelgren, Johan; Bergin, Edwin A.; Lambrechts, Michiel; Johansen, Anders.
In: Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol. 944, No. 2, L53, 2023.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - A Potential Site for Wide-orbit Giant Planet Formation in the IM Lup Disk
AU - Bosman, Arthur D.
AU - Appelgren, Johan
AU - Bergin, Edwin A.
AU - Lambrechts, Michiel
AU - Johansen, Anders
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - The radial transport, or drift, of dust has taken a critical role in giant planet formation theory. However, it has been challenging to identify dust drift pileups in the hard-to-observe inner disk. We find that the IM Lup disk shows evidence that it has been shaped by an episode of dust drift. Using radiative transfer and dust dynamical modeling we study the radial and vertical dust distribution. We find that high dust drift rates exceeding 110 M ⊕ Myr−1 are necessary to explain both the dust and CO observations. Furthermore, the bulk of the large dust present in the inner 20 au needs to be vertically extended, implying high turbulence (α z ≳ 10−3) and small grains (0.2-1 mm). We suggest that this increased level of particle stirring is consistent with the inner dust-rich disk undergoing turbulence triggered by the vertical shear instability. The conditions in the IM Lup disk imply that giant planet formation through pebble accretion is only effective outside of 20 au. If such an early, high-turbulence inner region is a natural consequence of high dust drift rates, then this has major implications for understanding the formation regions of giant planets including Jupiter and Saturn.
AB - The radial transport, or drift, of dust has taken a critical role in giant planet formation theory. However, it has been challenging to identify dust drift pileups in the hard-to-observe inner disk. We find that the IM Lup disk shows evidence that it has been shaped by an episode of dust drift. Using radiative transfer and dust dynamical modeling we study the radial and vertical dust distribution. We find that high dust drift rates exceeding 110 M ⊕ Myr−1 are necessary to explain both the dust and CO observations. Furthermore, the bulk of the large dust present in the inner 20 au needs to be vertically extended, implying high turbulence (α z ≳ 10−3) and small grains (0.2-1 mm). We suggest that this increased level of particle stirring is consistent with the inner dust-rich disk undergoing turbulence triggered by the vertical shear instability. The conditions in the IM Lup disk imply that giant planet formation through pebble accretion is only effective outside of 20 au. If such an early, high-turbulence inner region is a natural consequence of high dust drift rates, then this has major implications for understanding the formation regions of giant planets including Jupiter and Saturn.
U2 - 10.3847/2041-8213/acb651
DO - 10.3847/2041-8213/acb651
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85149024764
VL - 944
JO - The Astrophysical Journal Letters
JF - The Astrophysical Journal Letters
SN - 2041-8205
IS - 2
M1 - L53
ER -
ID: 338524020