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Title:
Self-gravitating disks with Radiative Transfer: Their role in Giant Planet Formation
Authors:
Meru, Farzana; Bate, Matthew R.
Affiliation:
AA(Astrophysics Group, School of Physics, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4QL)
Publication:
EXOPLANETS AND DISKS: THEIR FORMATION AND DIVERSITY: Proceedings of the International Conference. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1158, pp. 139-140 (2009). (AIPC Homepage)
Publication Date:
08/2009
Origin:
AIP
PACS Keywords:
Radiative transfer; scattering, Accretion and accretion disks, Thermodynamic processes, conduction, convection, equations of state
DOI:
10.1063/1.3215821
Bibliographic Code:
2009AIPC.1158..139M

Abstract

We present preliminary results on the ability of self-gravitating disks to cool in response to their internal heating. These disks are modelled using a smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) code with radiative transfer [1], and we investigate the ability of these disks to maintain a state of thermal equilibrium with their boundaries as an indication of their likelihood to fragment.
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