On the evolution of vortices in massive protoplanetary discs
| hal.structure.identifier | ECLIPSE 2018 | |
| dc.contributor.author | PIERENS, A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | LIN, Min-Kai | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0035-8711 | |
| dc.description.abstractEn | It is expected that a pressure bump can be formed at the inner edge of a dead-zone, and where vortices can develop through the Rossby Wave Instability (RWI). It has been suggested that self-gravity can significantly affect the evolution of such vortices. We present the results of 2D hydrodynamical simulations of the evolution of vortices forming at a pressure bump in self-gravitating discs with Toomre parameter in the range $4-30$. We consider isothermal plus non-isothermal disc models that employ either the classical $\beta$ prescription or a more realistic treatment for cooling. The main aim is to investigate whether the condensating effect of self-gravity can stabilize vortices in sufficiently massive discs. We confirm that in isothermal disc models with ${\cal Q} \gtrsim 15$, vortex decay occurs due to the vortex self-gravitational torque. For discs with $3\lesssim {\cal Q} \lesssim 7$, the vortex develops gravitational instabilities within its core and undergoes gravitational collapse, whereas more massive discs give rise to the formation of global eccentric modes. In non-isothermal discs with $\beta$ cooling, the vortex maintains a turbulent core prior to undergoing gravitational collapse for $\beta \lesssim 0.1$, whereas it decays if $\beta \ge 1$. In models that incorpore both self-gravity and a better treatment for cooling, however, a stable vortex is formed with aspect ratio $\chi \sim 3-4$. Our results indicate that self-gravity significantly impacts the evolution of vortices forming in protoplanetary discs, although the thermodynamical structure of the vortex is equally important for determining its long-term dynamics. | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP): Policy P - Oxford Open Option A | |
| dc.subject.en | Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics | |
| dc.title.en | On the evolution of vortices in massive protoplanetary discs | |
| dc.type | Article de revue | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1093/mnras/sty1314 | |
| dc.subject.hal | Planète et Univers [physics]/Astrophysique [astro-ph]/Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre [astro-ph.EP] | |
| dc.identifier.arxiv | 1805.05768 | |
| bordeaux.journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | |
| bordeaux.page | 4878-4890 | |
| bordeaux.volume | 479 | |
| bordeaux.issue | 4 | |
| bordeaux.peerReviewed | oui | |
| hal.identifier | hal-01797159 | |
| hal.version | 1 | |
| hal.popular | non | |
| hal.audience | Internationale | |
| hal.origin.link | https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr//hal-01797159v1 | |
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