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Interactions between the Planetary Magnetic Field and the Surrounding Gas Flows in the Final Stage of the Giant Planet Formation. I. Two Distinct Evolutionary Scenarios

  • Authors: Pengfei Tang, Xiaogang Wang, Tianchun Zhou, Jiayong Zhong

Pengfei Tang et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal 1005 .

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 6.

Snapshots of the alternative accretion process for simulation G101Dn5In4 when the unlimited outflows are generated. Panels (a)–(d) show the progression over time, with the corresponding time indicated at the top left of each panel. The density distribution (color scale), poloidal velocity field (black arrows), and magnetic field lines (solid white lines) are shown. The scale of the poloidal velocity is shown at the top right of each panel, in units of vKH. For reference, the escape velocity at the planetary radius (rpl = 0.0027 rH) is vesc = 27 vKH. The magnetic field lines are depicted by the contours of the poloidal magnetic flux at several specific levels.

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