The newborn planet population emerging from ring-like structures in discs
Author
Lodato, GiuseppeDipierro, Giovanni
Ragusa, Enrico
Long, Feng

Herczeg, Gregory J
Pascucci, Ilaria

Pinilla, Paola
Manara, Carlo F
Tazzari, Marco
Liu, Yao
Mulders, Gijs D
Harsono, Daniel
Boehler, Yann
Ménard, François
Johnstone, Doug
Salyk, Colette
van der Plas, Gerrit
Cabrit, Sylvie
Edwards, Suzan
Fischer, William J
Hendler, Nathan
Nisini, Brunella
Rigliaco, Elisabetta
Avenhaus, Henning
Banzatti, Andrea
Gully-Santiago, Michael
Affiliation
Univ Arizona, Lunar & Planetary LabUniv Arizona, Steward Observ, Dept Astron
Issue Date
2019-06
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Giuseppe Lodato, Giovanni Dipierro, Enrico Ragusa, Feng Long, Gregory J Herczeg, Ilaria Pascucci, Paola Pinilla, Carlo F Manara, Marco Tazzari, Yao Liu, Gijs D Mulders, Daniel Harsono, Yann Boehler, François Ménard, Doug Johnstone, Colette Salyk, Gerrit van der Plas, Sylvie Cabrit, Suzan Edwards, William J Fischer, Nathan Hendler, Brunella Nisini, Elisabetta Rigliaco, Henning Avenhaus, Andrea Banzatti, Michael Gully-Santiago, The newborn planet population emerging from ring-like structures in discs, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 486, Issue 1, June 2019, Pages 453–461, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz913Rights
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ALMA has observed a plethora of ring-like structures in planet-forming discs at distances of 10-100 au from their host star. Although several mechanisms have been invoked to explain the origin of such rings, a common explanation is that they trace new-born planets. Under the planetary hypothesis, a natural question is how to reconcile the apparently high frequency of gap-carving planets at 10-100 au with the paucity of Jupiter-mass planets observed around main-sequence stars at those separations. Here, we provide an analysis of the new-born planet population emerging from observations of gaps in discs, under the assumption that the observed gaps are due to planets. We use a simple estimate of the planet mass based on the gap morphology, and apply it to a sample of gaps recently obtained by us in a survey of Taurus with ALMA. We also include additional data from recent published surveys, thus analysing the largest gap sample to date, for a total of 48 gaps. The properties of the purported planets occupy a distinctively different region of parameter space with respect to the known exo-planet population, currently not accessible through planet finding methods. Thus, no discrepancy in the mass and radius distribution of the two populations can be claimed at this stage. We show that the mass of the inferred planets conforms to the theoretically expected trend for the minimum planet mass needed to carve a dust gap. Finally, we estimate the separation and mass of the putative planets after accounting for migration and accretion, for a range of evolutionary times, finding a good match with the distribution of cold Jupiters.ISSN
0035-8711EISSN
1365-2966Version
Final published versionSponsors
European Union [823823]; European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme [681601]; DISCSIM project - European Research Council [341137, ERC-2013-ADG]; UK Science and Technology research Council (STFC); National Research Council of Canada; NSERC Discovery Grant; ANR of France [ANR-16-CE31-0013]; National Science Foundation of China [11773002, 11473005]; ESO Fellowship; Deutsche Forschungs-Gemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) [FOR 2634/1 TE 1024/1-1]; DFG cluster of excellence Origin and Structure of the Universe; project PRIN-INAF 2016 The Cradle of Life - GENESIS-SKA (General Conditions in Early Planetary Systems for the rise of life with SKA)ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1093/mnras/stz913