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2021MNRAS.503.4930L - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 503, 4930-4941 (2021/June-1)

Dynamical dust traps in misaligned circumbinary discs: analytical theory and numerical simulations.

LONGARINI C., LODATO G., TOCI C. and ALY H.

Abstract (from CDS):

Recent observations have shown that circumbinary discs can be misaligned with respect to the binary orbital plane. The lack of spherical symmetry, together with the non-planar geometry of these systems, causes differential precession which might induce the propagation of warps. While gas dynamics in such environments is well understood, little is known about dusty discs. In this work, we analytically study the problem of dust traps formation in misaligned circumbinary discs. We find that pile-ups may be induced not by pressure maxima, as the usual dust traps, but by a difference in precession rates between the gas and dust. Indeed, this difference makes the radial drift inefficient in two locations, leading to the formation of two dust rings whose position depends on the system parameters. This phenomenon is likely to occur to marginally coupled dust particles (St >= 1) as both the effect of gravitational and drag force are considerable. We then perform a suite of 3D Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) numerical simulations to compare the results with our theoretical predictions. We explore the parameter space, varying stellar mass ratio, disc thickness, radial extension, and we find a general agreement with the analytical expectations. Such dust pile-up prevents radial drift, fosters dust growth and may thus promote the planet formation in circumbinary discs.

Abstract Copyright: © 2021 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society

Journal keyword(s): accretion, accretion discs - hydrodynamics - methods: analytical - methods: numerical - planets and satellites: formation - protoplanetary discs

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