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| Paper: |
Planet Formation in Disks |
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323, Star Formation in the Interstellar Medium: In Honor of David Hollenbach, Chris McKee, and Frank Shu |
| Page: |
329 |
| Authors: |
Bodenheimer, P. |
| Abstract: |
The types of disks in which giant planet formation can occur by the mechanisms of gravitational instability or core accretion — gas capture are examined. In both cases disk masses in excess of that in the minimum-mass solar nebula are required. However, if the core-accretion process is enhanced by the presence of an anticyclonic vortex in the disk, it can result in planet formation on a time scale of order 106 years and can occur in a minimum mass disk. |
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