B.Sc. thesis · MPIA Heidelberg · 2020

Gas accretion onto eccentric planets

Young giant planets on eccentric orbits carve wider, shallower gaps into their disk, and grow faster.

Institute
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg
Supervisor
Dr. Bertram Bitsch
Degree
B.Sc. Physics, 2020
Overview

Hydrodynamic simulations with FARGO2D1D, analyzed in Python: planets on eccentric orbits carve broader, shallower gaps into their disk and accrete gas faster.