The evolution of gas giant entropy during formation by runaway accretion

Berardo, David; Cumming, Andrew; Marleau, Gabriel-Dominique (2017). The evolution of gas giant entropy during formation by runaway accretion. Astrophysical journal, 834(2), p. 149. Institute of Physics Publishing IOP 10.3847/1538-4357/834/2/149

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We calculate the evolution of gas giant planets during the runaway gas accretion phase of formation, to understand how the luminosity of young giant planets depends on the accretion conditions. We construct steady-state envelope models, and run time-dependent simulations of accreting planets with the code Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics. We show that the evolution of the internal entropy depends on the contrast between the internal adiabat and the entropy of the accreted material, parametrized by the shock temperature T₀ and pressure P₀. At low temperatures (T₀≤300 K, depending on model parameters), the accreted material has a lower entropy than the interior. The convection zone extends to the surface and can drive a high luminosity, leading to rapid cooling and cold starts. For higher temperatures, the accreted material has a higher entropy than the interior, giving a radiative zone that stalls cooling. For T₀≥2000 K, the surface–interior entropy contrast cannot be accommodated by the radiative envelope, and the accreted matter accumulates with high entropy, forming a hot start. The final state of the planet depends on the shock temperature, accretion rate, and starting entropy at the onset of runaway accretion. Cold starts with L≤ 5 x 10⁻⁶ LѲrequire low accretion rates and starting entropy, and the temperature of the accreting material needs to be maintained close to the nebula temperature. If instead the temperature is near the value required to radiate the accretion luminosity, 4πR²ơT⁴₀~(GMM/R), as suggested by previous work on radiative shocks in the context of star formation, gas giant planets form in a hot start with L~10⁻⁴L⊝.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

08 Faculty of Science > Physics Institute > Space Research and Planetary Sciences
08 Faculty of Science > Physics Institute > NCCR PlanetS

UniBE Contributor:

Marleau, Gabriel-Dominique

Subjects:

500 Science > 520 Astronomy
600 Technology > 620 Engineering

ISSN:

0004-637X

Publisher:

Institute of Physics Publishing IOP

Language:

English

Submitter:

Gabriel-Dominique Marleau

Date Deposited:

20 Apr 2018 09:56

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:11

Publisher DOI:

10.3847/1538-4357/834/2/149

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.112775

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/112775

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