Planet Formation Theory in the Era of ALMA

and Kepler: from Pebbles to Exoplanets

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 Drążkowska, J. ;

 Bitsch, B. ;

 Lambrechts, M. ;

 Mulders, G. D. ;

 Harsono, D. ;

 Vazan, A. ;

 Liu, B. ;

 Ormel, C. W. ;

 Kretke, K. ;
  Morbidelli, A.

Abstract
Our understanding of the planet formation has been rapidly evolving in
recent years. The classical planet formation theory, developed when
the only known planetary system was our own Solar System, has been
revised to account for the observed diversity of the exoplanetary
systems. At the same time, the increasing observational capabilities of
the young stars and their surrounding disks bring new constraints on
the planet formation process. In this chapter, we summarize the new
information derived from the exoplanets population and the
circumstellar disks observations. We describe the new developments
in planet formation theory, from dust evolution to the growth of
planetary cores by accretion of planetesimals, pebbles, and gas. We
review the state-of-the-art models for the formation of diverse
planetary systems, including the population synthesis approach which
is necessary to compare theoretical model outcomes to the exoplanet
population. We emphasize that the planet formation process may not
be spatially uniform in the disk and there are preferential locations for
the formation of planetesimals and planets. Outside of these locations,
a significant fraction of solids is not growing past the pebble-sizes.
The reservoir of pebbles plays an important role in the growth of
planetary cores in the pebble accretion process. The timescale of the
emergence of massive planetary cores is an important aspect of the
present models and it is likely that the cores within one disk form at
different times. In addition, there is growing evidence that the first
planetary cores start forming early, during the circumstellar disk
buildup process.

Publication:

Protostars and Planets VII, ASP Conference Series, Vol. 534,

Proceedings of a conference held 10-15 April 2023 at Kyoto, Japan.
Edited by Shu-ichiro Inutsuka, Yuri Aikawa, Takayuki Muto, Kengo
Tomida, and Motohide Tamura. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of
the Pacific, 2023, p.717
Pub Date:

July 2023

DOI:

10.48550/arXiv.2203.09759

arXiv:

arXiv:2203.09759

Bibcode:

2023ASPC..534..717D

Keywords:

 Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics;

 Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

E-Print Comments:

38 pages, 13 figures, review chapter accepted to Protostars and

Planets VII, editors: Shu-ichiro Inutsuka, Yuri Aikawa, Takayuki Muto,
Kengo Tomida, and Motohide Tamura, corrected label in Fig. 1