The origin of high eccentricity planets:The dispersed planet formation regime for weakly magnetized disks

In the tandem planet formation regime,planets form at two distinct sites where solid particles are densely accumulated due to the on/off state of the magnetorotational instability（MRI）.We found that tandem planet formation can reproduce the solid component distribution of the Solar System and tends to produce a smaller number of large planets through continuous pebble flow into the planet formation sites.In the present paper,we investigate the dependence of tandem planet formation on the vertical magnetic field of the protoplanetary disk.We calculated two cases of BZ 3.4 × 10^-3 G and BZ = 3.4 × 10^-5 G at 100 AU as well as the canonical case of BZ = 3.4 × 10^-4 G.We found that tandem planet formation holds up well in the case of the strong magnetic field（BZ 3.4 × 10^-3 G）.On the other hand,in the case of a weak magnetic field（BZ= 3.4 × 10^-5 G） at 100 AU,a new regime of planetary growth is realized：the planets grow independently at different places in the dispersed area of the MRl-suppressed region of r-8-30 AU at a lower accretion rate of M 〈 10^-7.4M⊙yr^-1.We call this the ＂dispersed planet formation＂ regime.This may lead to a system with a larger number of smaller planets that gain high eccentricity through mutual collisions.

Tandem planet formation for solar system-like planetary systems

We present a new united theory of planet formation,which includes magneto-rotational instability（MRl） and porous aggregation of solid particles in a consistent way.We show that the ＂tandem planet formation＂ regime is likely to result in solar system-like planetary systems.In the tandem planet formation regime,planetesimals form at two distinct sites：the outer and inner edges of the MRl suppressed region.The former is likely to be the source of the outer gas giants,and the latter is the source for the inner volatile-free rocky planets.Our study spans disks with a various range of accretion rates,and we find that tandem planet formation can occur for M = 10^7.3- 10^-6.9Myr^-1.The rocky planets form between 0.4-2 AU,while the icy planets form between 6-30 All;no planets form in 2-6 AU region for any accretion rate.This is consistent with the gap in the solid component distribution in the solar system,which has only a relatively small Mars and a very small amount of material in the main asteroid belt from 2-6 AU.The tandem regime is consistent with the idea that the Earth was initially formed as a completely volatile-free planet.Water and other volatile elements came later through the accretion of icy material by occasional inward scattering from the outer regions.Reactions between reductive minerals,such as schreibersite（Fe-jP）,and water are essential to supply energy and nutrients for primitive life on Earth.

On the possibility of disk-fed formation in supergiant high-mass X-ray binaries

We consider the existence of a neutron star magnetic field by the detected cyclotron lines. We collected data on nine sources of high-mass X-ray binaries with supergiant companions as a test case for our model, to demonstrate their distribution and evolution. The wind velocity, spin period and magnetic field strength are studied under different mass loss rates. In our model, correlations between mass-loss rate and wind velocity are found and can be tested in further observations. We examine the parameter space where wind accretion is allowed, avoiding the barrier of rotating magnetic fields, with robust data on the magnetic field of neutron stars. Our model shows that most sources(six of nine systems) can be fed by the wind with relatively slow velocity, and this result is consistent with previous predictions. In a few sources,our model cannot fit the standard wind accretion scenario. In these peculiar cases, other scenarios(disk formation, partial Roche lobe overflow) should be considered. This would provide information about the evolutionary tracks of various types of binaries, and thus exhibit a clear dichotomy behavior in wind-fed X-ray binary systems.

Single planet formation regime in the high-ionization environment:Possible origin of hot Jupiters and super-Earths

We studied the particle growth in a protoplanetary disk in a high-ionization environment and found that icy planet formation is inactive for a disk with an ionization rate 100 times higher than that of the present Solar System. In particular, in the case of M 〈 10^（-7.4）M_☉yr^（-1）, only rocky planet formation occurs. In such a case, all the solid materials in the disk drift inward, eventually reach the inner MRI front,and accumulate there. They form a dense, thin sub-disk of solid particles, which undergoes gravitational instability to form rocky planetesimals. The planetesimals rapidly grow into a planet through pebble accretion. Consequently, rocky planets tend to be much larger than planets formed through other regimes（tandem planet formation regime and dispersed planet formation regime）, in which icy planet formation actively takes place. These rocky planets may evolve into hot Jupiters if they grow fast enough to the critical core mass of the runaway gas accretion before the dispersal of the disk gas, or they may evolve into super-Earths if the gas dispersed sufficiently early.

An SPH simulation for cooling and self-gravitating protoplanetary disks

We investigate the effects of the cooling function in the formation of clumps of protoplanetary disks using two-dimensional smoothed particle hydrody- namic simulations. We use a simple prescription for the cooling rate of the flow, du/dt = -u/τcool, where u and %ool are the internal energy and cooling timeseale, respectively. We assume the ratio of local＇cooling to dynamical timescale, Ωτcool =β, to be a constant and also a function of the local temperature. We found that for the constantβ and γ = 5/3, fragmentation occurs only forβ ≤ 7. However, in the case ofβ having temperature dependence and γ = 5/3, fragmentation can also occur for larger values ofβ. By increasing the temperature dependence of the cooling timescale, the mass accretion rate decreases, the population of clumps/fragments increases, and the clumps/fragments can also form in the smaller radii. Moreover, we found that the clumps can form even in a low mass accretion rate, ≤10-7M⊙yr-1, in the case of temperature-dependentβ. However, clumps form with a larger mass accretion rate, 〉 10-7M⊙ yr-1, in the case of constantβ.

The effects of viscosity on circumplanetary disks

The effects of viscosity on the circumplanetary disks residing in the vicinity of protoplanets are investigated through two-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations with the shearing sheet model. We find that viscosity can considerably affect properties of the circumplanetary disk when the mass of the protoplanet Mp ~ 33 Me, where Me is the Earth＇s mass. However, effects of viscosity on the circumplanetary disk are negligibly small when the mass of the protoplanet Mp 〉 33 Me. We find that when Mp ~ 33 Me, viscosity can markedly disrupt the spiral structure of the gas around the planet and smoothly distribute the gas, which weakens the torques exerted on the protoplanet. Thus, viscosity can slow the migration speed of a protoplanet. After including viscosity, the size of the circumplanetary disk can be decreased by a factor of 〉~ 20%. Viscosity helps to transport gas into the circumplanetary disk from the differentially rotating circumstellar disk. The mass of the circumplanetary disk can be increased by a factor of 50% after viscosity is taken into account when Mp ~ 33 Me. Effects of viscosity on the formation of planets and satellites are briefly discussed.

A numerical study of self-gravitating protoplanetary disks

The effect of self-gravity on protoplanetary disks is investigated.The mechanisms of angular momentum transport and energy dissipation are assumed to be the viscosity due to turbulence in the accretion disk.The energy equation is considered in a situation where the released energy by viscosity dissipation is balanced with cooling processes.The viscosity is obtained by equality of dissipation and cooling functions,and is used to derive the angular momentum equation.The cooling rate of the flow is calculated by a prescription,du/dt = u/τ cool,where u and τ cool are the internal energy and cooling timescale,respectively.The ratio of local cooling to dynamical timescales Ωτ cool is assumed to be a constant and also a function of the local temperature.The solutions for protoplanetary disks show that in the case of Ωτ cool = constant,the disk does not exhibit any gravitational instability over small radii for a typical mass accretion rate,˙ M = 10 6 M yr 1,but when choosing Ωτ cool to be a function of temperature,gravitational instability can occur for this value of mass accretion rate or even less in small radii.Also,by studying the viscosity parameter α,we find that the strength of turbulence in the inner part of self-gravitating protoplanetary disks is very low.These results are qualitatively consistent with direct numerical simulations of protoplanetary disks.Also,in the case of cooling with temperature dependence,the effect of physical parameters on the structure of the disk is investigated.These solutions demonstrate that disk thickness and the Toomre parameter decrease by adding the ratio of disk mass to central object mass.However,the disk thickness and the Toomre parameter increase by adding mass accretion rate.Furthermore,for typical input parameters such as mass accretion rate 10 6 M yr 1,the ratio of the specific heat γ = 5/3 and the ratio of disk mass to central object mass q = 0.1,gravitational instability can occur over the whole radius of the disk excluding the region very near the central object.

The density and temperature dependence of the cooling timescale for fragmentation of self-gravitating disks

The purpose of this paper is to explore the influences of cooling timescale on fragmentation of self-gravitating protoplanetary disks. We assume the cooling timescale, expressed in terms of the dynamical timescale Ω tcool, has a power-law dependence on temperature and density, Ω toool ∝∑-aT-b, where a and b are con- stants. We use this cooling timescale in a simple prescription for the cooling rate, du/dt = -u/tcoll, where u is the internal energy. We perform our simulations using the smoothed particle hydrodynamics method. The simulations demonstrate that the disk is very sensitive to the cooling timescale, which depends on density and tem- perature. Under such a cooling timescale, the disk becomes gravitationally unstable and clumps form in the disk. This property even occurs for cooling timescales which are much longer than the critical cooling timescale, Ω toool≥ 7. We show that by adding the dependence of a cooling timescale on temperature and density, the number of clumps increases and the clumps can also form at smaller radii. The simulations im- ply that the sensitivity of a cooling timescale to density is more than to temperature, because even for a small dependence of the cooling timescale on density, clumps can still form in the disk. However, when the cooling timescale has a large dependence on temperature, clumps form in the disk. We also consider the effects of artificial viscos- ity parameters on fragmentation conditions. This consideration is performed in two cases, where Ω tcool is a constant and Ω tcool is a function of density and temperature. The simulations consider both cases, and results show the artificial viscosity param- eters have rather similar effects. For example, using too small of values for linear and quadratic terms in artificial viscosity can suppress the gravitational instability and consequently the efficiency of the clump formation process decreases. This property is consistent with recent simulations of self-gravitating disks. We perform simulations with and without the Balsara form of artificial viscosity. We find that in the cooling and self-gravitating disks without the Balsara switch, the clumps can form more easily than those with the Balsara switch. Moreover, in both cases where the Balsara switch is present or absent, the simulations show that the cooling timescale strongly depends on density and temperature.

恒星形成过程中的天体物理现象

恒星形成于分子云环境中。近30多年的观测研究使得天文学家对小质量恒星的形成有了相对明确的认识:小质量恒星通过坍缩、吸积和外向流的路标而形成。至于大质量恒星,其形成过程还存在着许多不确定因素,现有的观测证据表明:大质量恒星也可能通过坍缩、吸积和外向流的路标来形成,但也不排除在星团中通过中小质量恒星聚合而成的因素。大质量恒星形成与致密电离氢区(UCHII)成协较好,而与大质量恒星形成区成协的分子云环境中,既有大质量恒星也有小质量恒星形成。综述了恒星形成各个阶段的观测结果和研究现状以及成协的天体物理环境情况。未来的观测和研究重点在于:大质量恒星形成以及星团环境中的恒星形成。

吸积盘与恒星在星云盘中形成时的角动量损失

本文根据吸积盘理论与天文观测结果,给出一个恒星在星云盘中形成的模型,通过计算角动量方程,获得了质量定常分布ρ(r)～r^(-β)(β=0,1,2)时的一般性解对1M恒星的数值解表明:恒星在转动磁化的星云盘中形成时,角动量确实发生了巨大转移;并且,β=2的解能较满意地解释太阳系的角动量奇异性.

Kinematics of the high-excitation HH 890 jet in the Rosette Nebula

Photoionized jets immersed in HII regions display special properties, which made them a distinctive category of Herbig-Haro （HH） flows. Detailed studies of such jet systems became one of the key issues in our understanding of jet production and evolution. HH 890, initially called the Rosette HH2 jet, is the second photoionized jet discovered in the spectacular HII region of the Rosette Nebula. Contrary to conventional impressions of a jet, its discrete components are found to be unexpectedly broad and spatially detached from the proposed energy source. The jet displays additional unusual features which point to the disputable nature of the system. Here, we investigate the kinematics of the jet through high-quality echelle spectrograms. It is distinctively resolved into a fast component with a mean approaching velocity of-39 km s^-1 with respect to the systemic rest frame and a slow component with radial velocity centered at -9 km s^-1. The slow component indicates an apparently larger dispersion in radial velocity in various emission lines and is likely dissolving at roughly the speed of sound, which favors a photoevaporated origin. The [SII] doublet ratios indicate an electron density of -1.1×10^3 cm^-3 in the collimated jet and ,-9×10^2 cm^-3 in the HII region. This, along with the diffuse appearance of the extensive part of the jet, leads to a dissipation of the jet in the fully ionized medium of Rosette. In addition, time series of photometric observations provide evidence for remarkable light variations of the energy source. Its amplitudes of variation amount to 〉 1 mag in both R and I, which is commensurate with the young evolutionary status of the source as indicated by a red, late type optical spectrum.

The orbital phase resolved spectroscopy of X-ray binary 4U 1822–371 with Suzaku

4U 1822-371 is a typical edge-on eclipsing low mass X-ray binary and the prototype of accre- tion disk coronal sources. We report on the results of a spectral analysis over the energy range 0.5-45 keV observed by Suzaku in 2006. We extract spectra from five orbital phases. The spectra can be equally well described by various previously proposed models： an optically thick model described by a partially cov- ered cutoff power law and an optically thin model described by a blackbody plus a cutoff power law. The optically thick model requires a covering fraction of about 55%, while the optically thin model requires a temperature of the central source of about 0.16 keV. The spectrum in the optically thick model also shows the previously detected cyclotron line feature at ~30 keV with the same Suzaku observation. This fea- ture confirms the presence of a strong magnetic field. The Fe Ks fluorescent line strengths as well as the detected Fe xxvI strengths are similar to previous Chandra and XMM-Newton detections in our phased spectral analysis; however, we also observe strong Fe xxvI during the eclipse, which indicates a slightly larger central corona.

The Final Size of the Universe Based on the Elasticity of the Fabric of Spacetime

We investigate the fabric of spacetime, its ability to stretch, curve, and expand. Through our continuous studies of accretion disks located at the core of galaxies, it is our conclusion that these disks are separate from the host galaxy stellar disk. Our research has also determined that the radius of accretion disks in spiral galaxies follow a consistent ratio according to the circumference of their adjacent supermassive black hole based on its Schwarzchild radius. We present evidence suggesting that galactic accretion disks are a key element to understand galaxy formation and can provide a precise calculation to how much the fabric of space will stretch. Once the degree of the elasticity of spacetime was established, we applied these measurements to the size of the universe at 380,000 years of age based on the imagery of the cosmic microwave background. This calculation provided us with the maximum diameter the universe will reach, an exact time when the universe will stop expanding, and where we are today within that timeline.

吸积盘与恒星在星云盘中形成时的角动量损失

本文根据吸秘盘理论与天文观测结果,给出一个恒星在星云盘中形成的模型.通过计算角动量方程,获得了质量定常分布ρ(r)～r_(-β)(β=0,1,2)时的一般性解.对1M恒星的数值解表明:恒星在转动磁化的星云盘中形成时,角动量确实发生了巨大转移;并且,β=2的解能较满意地解释太阳系的角动量奇异性.