Planetary dynamics in a gaseous disk

• Grant number: 19/16376-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: August 01, 2019
• End date: January 31, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Astronomy - Positional Astronomy and Celestial Mechanics
• Principal Investigator: André Izidoro Ferreira da Costa
• Grantee: Giovanna Maria de Souza
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia (FEG). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Guaratinguetá. Guaratinguetá , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 16/12686-2 - Planetary formation and dynamics: from the Solar System to exoplanets, AP.JP

Abstract

Planet formation starts in a gaseous disk rotating around the young star called protoplanetary disk. Hydrodynamical simulations are commonly used to study the early stages of planet formation, as the dynamics of planets growing in gaseous disks. Planets gravitationally interact with the gas disk and migrate, typically inwards. In this research plan we will use hydrodynamical and/or N-body numerical simulations to simulate the formation of planetary systems with gas giants or super-Earths.