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Interactions of High and Low-Mass Planets with Protoplanetary Disks

Stephen H. Lubow, Matthew R. Bate, Gordon I. Ogilvie

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0209364

Abstract

We present three-dimensional numerical simulations of the interaction of a circular-orbit planet with a protoplanetary disk. We calculate the flow pattern, the accretion rate, and torques on the planet. We consider planet masses ranging from 1 Earth mass to 1 Jupiter mass.

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