F.S.I.: Flyby Scene Investigation

We present a methodology to interpret observations of protoplanetary discs where a flyby, also called a tidal encounter, is suspected. In case of a flyby, protoplanetary discs can be significantly disturbed. The resulting dynamical and kinematical signatures can last for several thousands of years a...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2018-10
Main Authors: Cuello, Nicolás, Dipierro, Giovanni, Mentiplay, Daniel, Price, Daniel J, Pinte, Christophe, Cuadra, Jorge, Laibe, Guillaume, Ménard, François, Poblete, Pedro P, Montesinos, Matías
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accretion disks
Deposition
Dust
Flyby missions
Inclination
Outbursts
Parameters
Planet formation
Protoplanets
Spirals
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Summary:We present a methodology to interpret observations of protoplanetary discs where a flyby, also called a tidal encounter, is suspected. In case of a flyby, protoplanetary discs can be significantly disturbed. The resulting dynamical and kinematical signatures can last for several thousands of years after the flyby and hence deeply affect the evolution of the disc. These effects are stronger for closer encounters and more massive perturbers. For the very same flyby parameters, varying the inclination of the perturber's orbit produces a broad range of disc structures: spirals, bridges, warps and cavities. We study this kind of features both in the gas and in the dust for grains ranging from 1 {\mu}m to 10 cm in size. Interestingly, the dust exhibits a different dynamical behaviour compared to the gas because of gas-drag effects. Finally, flybys can also trigger high accretion events in the disc-hosting star, readily similar to FU Orionis-type outbursts. All this information can be used to infer the flyby parameters from an incomplete set of observations at different wavelengths. Therefore, the main scope of our flyby scene investigation (FSI) methodology is to help to interpret recent "puzzling" disc observations.
ISSN:2331-8422