MORBIDELLI , A.

We study the effect of a Jovian planet on the gas distribution of a protoplanetary disc, using a new numerical scheme that allows us to take into consideration the global evolution of the disc, down to an arbitrarily small inner physical radius. We find that Jovian planets do not open cavities in the inner part of the disc (i.e. interior to...

Icarus, 191, pp. 158-171, http://dx.doi.org./10.1016/j.icarus..04.001

Nature, 441, pp. 162-163, http://dx.doi.org./10.1038/441162a

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Nature, 446, pp. 273-274, http://dx.doi.org./10.1038/446273a

Context. Pebble accretion is expected to be the dominant process for the formation of massive solid planets, such as the cores of giant planets and super-Earths. So far, this process has been studied under the assumption that dust coagulates and drifts throughout the full protoplanetary disk. However, observations show that many disks are...

Meteoritics and Planetary Science Supplement, 72, p. 5450 (2009)