| Grant number: | 12/01369-5 |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |
| Start date: | July 01, 2012 |
| End date: | February 28, 2014 |
| Field of knowledge: | Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Astronomy - Positional Astronomy and Celestial Mechanics |
| Principal Investigator: | Tatiana Alexandrovna Michtchenko |
| Grantee: | Luiz Alberto de Paula |
| Host Institution: | Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas (IAG). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil |
Abstract The study of planetary migration is the purpose of the present Project. Planet migration is the process by which a planet's orbital radius changes in time. The main agent for causing migration is the gravitational interaction of the young planet with the gaseous disk from which it forms. The already developed models predict two main types of migration, I and II. The first one is characteristic of low-mass planets which are embedded in the gaseous disk. The type II is characteristic of the large-mass planets which clear gaps in the disk around their orbits. Some other kinds of migration are also known and their dynamics will be explored. The main objectives of this project are (i) the supervised learning of the existing models of planet migration in order to acquire enough new experience; (ii) application of the models over a variety of physical parameters; (iii) numerical simulations of migration processes. | |
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