A Population Synthesis Study on the Formation of Cold Jupiters from Truncated Planetesimal Disks

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Hauptverfasser: Guo, Kangrou, Ogihara, Masahiro, Ida, Shigeru, Hori, Yasunori, Cui, Kaiming, Feng, Fabo
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author Guo, Kangrou
Ogihara, Masahiro
Ida, Shigeru
Hori, Yasunori
Cui, Kaiming
Feng, Fabo
author_facet Guo, Kangrou
Ogihara, Masahiro
Ida, Shigeru
Hori, Yasunori
Cui, Kaiming
Feng, Fabo
contents The occurrence rate of giant planets increases with orbital period and turns over at a location that roughly corresponds to the snow line of solar-type stars. Further, the density distribution of cold Jupiters (CJs) on the semi-major axis - mass diagram shows a relatively steep inner boundary, shaping the desert of warm Jupiters. The eccentricities of CJs show a broad distribution with a decreasing number density towards the larger end. Previous planet formation models fail to reproduce all these features at the same time. We use a planet population synthesis (PPS) model with truncated initial planetesimal distribution and compare the mass and orbital distribution of the simulated planets with the observation. We show that the occurrence of CJs with respect to the orbital period, the slope of the inner boundary of CJs on the semi-major axis - mass diagram, and the eccentricity distribution of CJs agree reasonably well with observation, if CJs form from truncated planetesimal disks of 10 au or wider with suppressed migration. While PPS simulations generally overestimate the fraction of giants with eccentricity below 0.2, $N$-body simulations produce a more consistent eccentricity distribution with observation. While the fraction of high-eccentricity planets can be increased by widening the planetesimal disk or reducing the migration speed, a deficit of giants with eccentricity between 0.2-0.4 exists regardless of the choices of parameters. Our results indicate that CJs are more likely born in truncated disks near the snow line than in classical uniform disks.
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spellingShingle A Population Synthesis Study on the Formation of Cold Jupiters from Truncated Planetesimal Disks
Guo, Kangrou
Ogihara, Masahiro
Ida, Shigeru
Hori, Yasunori
Cui, Kaiming
Feng, Fabo
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
The occurrence rate of giant planets increases with orbital period and turns over at a location that roughly corresponds to the snow line of solar-type stars. Further, the density distribution of cold Jupiters (CJs) on the semi-major axis - mass diagram shows a relatively steep inner boundary, shaping the desert of warm Jupiters. The eccentricities of CJs show a broad distribution with a decreasing number density towards the larger end. Previous planet formation models fail to reproduce all these features at the same time. We use a planet population synthesis (PPS) model with truncated initial planetesimal distribution and compare the mass and orbital distribution of the simulated planets with the observation. We show that the occurrence of CJs with respect to the orbital period, the slope of the inner boundary of CJs on the semi-major axis - mass diagram, and the eccentricity distribution of CJs agree reasonably well with observation, if CJs form from truncated planetesimal disks of 10 au or wider with suppressed migration. While PPS simulations generally overestimate the fraction of giants with eccentricity below 0.2, $N$-body simulations produce a more consistent eccentricity distribution with observation. While the fraction of high-eccentricity planets can be increased by widening the planetesimal disk or reducing the migration speed, a deficit of giants with eccentricity between 0.2-0.4 exists regardless of the choices of parameters. Our results indicate that CJs are more likely born in truncated disks near the snow line than in classical uniform disks.
title A Population Synthesis Study on the Formation of Cold Jupiters from Truncated Planetesimal Disks
topic Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.01570