Dust Concentration Via Coupled Vertical Settling and Radial Migration in Substructured Non-Ideal MHD Discs and Early Planet Formation

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Auteurs principaux: Hsu, Chun-Yen, Li, Zhi-Yun, Tu, Yisheng, Hu, Xiao, Lin, Min-Kai
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author Hsu, Chun-Yen
Li, Zhi-Yun
Tu, Yisheng
Hu, Xiao
Lin, Min-Kai
author_facet Hsu, Chun-Yen
Li, Zhi-Yun
Tu, Yisheng
Hu, Xiao
Lin, Min-Kai
contents We investigate the dynamics of dust concentration in actively accreting, substructured, non-ideal MHD wind-launching disks using 2D and 3D simulations incorporating pressureless dust fluids of various grain sizes and their aerodynamic feedback on gas dynamics. Our results reveal that mm/cm-sized grains are preferentially concentrated within the inner 5-10 au of the disk, where the dust-to-gas surface density ratio (local metalicity Z) significantly exceeds the canonical 0.01, reaching values up to 0.25. This enhancement arises from the interplay of dust settling and complex gas flows in the meridional plane, including midplane accretion streams at early times, midplane expansion driven by magnetically braked surface accretion at later times, and vigorous meridional circulation in spontaneously formed gas rings. The resulting size-dependent dust distribution has a strong spatial variation, with large grains preferentially accumulating in dense rings, particularly in the inner disk, while being depleted in low-density gas gaps. In 3D, these rings and gaps are unstable to Rossby wave instability (RWI), generating arc-shaped vortices that stand out more prominently than their gas counterparts in the inner disk because of preferential dust concentration at small radii. The substantial local enhancement of the dust relative to the gas could promote planetesimal formation via streaming instability, potentially aided by the "azimuthal drift" streaming instability (AdSI) that operates efficiently in accreting disks and a lower Toomre Q expected in younger disks. Our findings suggest that actively accreting young disks may provide favorable conditions for early planetesimal formation, which warrants further investigation.
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spellingShingle Dust Concentration Via Coupled Vertical Settling and Radial Migration in Substructured Non-Ideal MHD Discs and Early Planet Formation
Hsu, Chun-Yen
Li, Zhi-Yun
Tu, Yisheng
Hu, Xiao
Lin, Min-Kai
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
We investigate the dynamics of dust concentration in actively accreting, substructured, non-ideal MHD wind-launching disks using 2D and 3D simulations incorporating pressureless dust fluids of various grain sizes and their aerodynamic feedback on gas dynamics. Our results reveal that mm/cm-sized grains are preferentially concentrated within the inner 5-10 au of the disk, where the dust-to-gas surface density ratio (local metalicity Z) significantly exceeds the canonical 0.01, reaching values up to 0.25. This enhancement arises from the interplay of dust settling and complex gas flows in the meridional plane, including midplane accretion streams at early times, midplane expansion driven by magnetically braked surface accretion at later times, and vigorous meridional circulation in spontaneously formed gas rings. The resulting size-dependent dust distribution has a strong spatial variation, with large grains preferentially accumulating in dense rings, particularly in the inner disk, while being depleted in low-density gas gaps. In 3D, these rings and gaps are unstable to Rossby wave instability (RWI), generating arc-shaped vortices that stand out more prominently than their gas counterparts in the inner disk because of preferential dust concentration at small radii. The substantial local enhancement of the dust relative to the gas could promote planetesimal formation via streaming instability, potentially aided by the "azimuthal drift" streaming instability (AdSI) that operates efficiently in accreting disks and a lower Toomre Q expected in younger disks. Our findings suggest that actively accreting young disks may provide favorable conditions for early planetesimal formation, which warrants further investigation.
title Dust Concentration Via Coupled Vertical Settling and Radial Migration in Substructured Non-Ideal MHD Discs and Early Planet Formation
topic Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.24142