2023ApJ...953....2M -
Astrophys. J., 953, 2 (2023/August-2)
Tidal Truncation of Circumplanetary Disks Fails above a Critical Disk Aspect Ratio.
MARTIN R.G., ARMITAGE P.J., LUBOW S.H. and PRICE D.J.
Abstract (from CDS):
We use numerical simulations of circumplanetary disks to determine the boundary between disks that are radially truncated by the tidal potential and those where gas escapes the Hill sphere. We consider a model problem, in which a coplanar circumplanetary disk is resupplied with gas at an injection radius smaller than the Hill radius. We evolve the disk using the PHANTOM smoothed particle hydrodynamics code until a steady state is reached. We find that the most significant dependence of the truncation boundary is on the disk aspect ratio H/R. Circumplanetary disks are efficiently truncated for H/R ≲ 0.2. For H/R ≃ 0.3, up to about half of the injected mass, depending on the injection radius, flows outward through the decretion disk and escapes. As expected from analytic arguments, the conditions (H/R and Shakura-Sunyaev α) required for tidal truncation are independent of planet mass. A simulation with larger α = 0.1 shows stronger outflow than one with α = 0.01, but the dependence on transport efficiency is less important than variations of H/R. Our results suggest two distinct classes of circumplanetary disks: tidally truncated thin disks with dust-poor outer regions, and thicker actively decreting disks with enhanced dust-to-gas ratios. Applying our results to the PDS 70 c system, we predict a largely truncated circumplanetary disk, but it is possible that enough mass escapes to support an outward flow of dust that could explain the observed disk size.
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© 2023. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.
Journal keyword(s):
Accretion - Binary stars - Hydrodynamics - Natural satellite formation - Planet formation
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