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银河系厚盘中行星的形成研究

On the Formation of Planets in the Milky Way's Thick Disk

Tim Hallatt, Eve J. Lee

AI总结:

本研究针对银河系厚盘近轨道小行星数量比薄盘少约50%的问题,通过模拟宇宙正午时期强辐射场对原行星盘的作用,解释了厚盘行星稀缺且岩质行星占比更高的成因。

摘要:

系外行星人口统计调查显示,银河系厚盘恒星周围的近轨道(${\lesssim}$1 天文单位)小型行星数量,比银盘薄盘恒星周围的同类行星少约${\sim}50\\%$。两类恒星族群的一个关键差异在于其形成时间:厚盘恒星很可能形成于宇宙正午(红移$z {\sim}2$),该时期的特征是恒星形成率高、分子云质量大且密度高,以及存在强超音速湍流。通过求解这些早期恒星形成区的背景辐射场,我们证明宇宙正午时期的原行星盘所经历的辐射场强度,比太阳邻域环境下的辐射场高出约${\sim}7$个数量级。将辐射场与一维原行星盘演化模型耦合后,我们发现外部紫外光致蒸发作用仅需约${\sim}$0.2–0.5 百万年就会摧毁原行星盘,从而限制了行星的聚集时间尺度。盘温度超过常见挥发性物质的升华温度的持续时间可达${\gtrsim}$百万年量级,这预示着气体化学成分的空间均一性更高。我们的计算表明,厚盘恒星周围的行星数量不足的现象在巨行星中应更为显著,尤其是那些轨道间距较大的巨行星,由此预测银河系厚盘的岩质行星与巨行星之比要高于薄盘。

英文摘要:

Exoplanet demographic surveys have revealed that close-in (${\lesssim}$1 au) small planets orbiting stars in the Milky Way's thick disk are ${\sim}50\%$ less abundant than those orbiting stars in the Galactic thin disk. One key difference between the two stellar populations is the time at which they emerged: thick disk stars are the likely product of cosmic noon (redshift $z {\sim}2$), an era characterized by high star formation rate, massive and dense molecular clouds, and strong supersonic turbulence. Solving for the background radiation field in these early star-forming regions, we demonstrate that protoplanetary disks at cosmic noon experienced radiation fields up to ${\sim}7$ orders of magnitude more intense than in solar neighborhood conditions. Coupling the radiation field to a one-dimensional protoplanetary disk evolution model, we find that external UV photoevaporation destroys protoplanetary disks in just ${\sim}$0.2--0.5 Myr, limiting the timescale over which planets can assemble. Disk temperatures exceed the sublimation temperatures of common volatile species for ${\gtrsim}$Myr timescales, predicting more spatial homogeneity in gas chemical composition. Our calculations imply that the deficit in planet occurrence around thick disk stars should be even more pronounced for giant planets, particularly those at wide orbital separations, predicting a higher rocky-to-giant planet ratio in the Galactic thick disk vs.~thin disk.

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