L'aube de la formation planétaire // The dawn of planet formation
ABG-128269
ADUM-60726 |
Thesis topic | |
2025-02-01 | Public funding alone (i.e. government, region, European, international organization research grant) |
Université Paris-Saclay GS Physique
Gif sur yvette - France
L'aube de la formation planétaire // The dawn of planet formation
- Earth, universe, space sciences
Planètes, Poussière interstellaire, Magnetohydrodynamique, Simulations numériques, Formation stellaire
Planets, Interstellar dust, Magnetohydrodynamics, Numerical simulations, Star formation
Planets, Interstellar dust, Magnetohydrodynamics, Numerical simulations, Star formation
Topic description
La formation des planètes est un sujet phare de l'astrophysique avec des implications sur des questions existentielles comme l'origine de la vie dans l'Univers. De manière surprenante, nous ne savons pas précisément quand les planètes se forment au sein des disques protoplanétaires. De récentes observations semblent indiquer que ce processus pourrait se produire tôt dans l'évolution de ces disques. Mais les conditions qui règnent dans les disques jeunes sont encore méconnues. Au cours de cette thèse, nous proposons d'étudier l'hypothèse d'une formation rapide des planètes. Nous effectuerons des simulations 3D de formation des disques, incluant l'évolution du gaz, de la poussière ainsi que des mécanismes permettant de convertir les poussières en planétésimaux lorsque les conditions seront adéquates. En plus de déterminer si les planètes se forment rapidement ou non, nous pourrons étudier l'architecture des systèmes planétaires formés et la comparer aux systèmes d'exoplanètes observés. Ce travail, à la pointe de nos connaissances actuelles, s'inscrit dans de nombreux efforts de la communauté pour mieux comprendre les exoplanètes ainsi que nos origines.
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Planet formation is a key topic of modern astrophysics with implications on existential questions such as the origin of life in the Universe. Quite surprisingly, we do not precisely know when and where planets are formed in protoplanetary disks. Recent observations however indicate that this might happen sooner than we previously believed. But the physical conditions in the young disks remain poorly constrained. During this thesis we propose to test the hypothesis that planets could form early. We will perform 3D simulations of protoplanetary disk formation with gas, dust and including the mechanisms of planetesimal formation. In addition from determining whether planets form early we will be able to predict the architectures of exoplanet systems and to compare them to real ones. This work, beyond the current state-of-the-art, is timely as many efforts are currently being done by our community to better understand exoplanets as well as our origins.
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Début de la thèse : 01/10/2025
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Planet formation is a key topic of modern astrophysics with implications on existential questions such as the origin of life in the Universe. Quite surprisingly, we do not precisely know when and where planets are formed in protoplanetary disks. Recent observations however indicate that this might happen sooner than we previously believed. But the physical conditions in the young disks remain poorly constrained. During this thesis we propose to test the hypothesis that planets could form early. We will perform 3D simulations of protoplanetary disk formation with gas, dust and including the mechanisms of planetesimal formation. In addition from determining whether planets form early we will be able to predict the architectures of exoplanet systems and to compare them to real ones. This work, beyond the current state-of-the-art, is timely as many efforts are currently being done by our community to better understand exoplanets as well as our origins.
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Début de la thèse : 01/10/2025
Funding category
Public funding alone (i.e. government, region, European, international organization research grant)
Funding further details
Financement du CEA - CFR (Contrat formation par la recherche)**Concours d'accès aux contrats doctoraux
Presentation of host institution and host laboratory
Université Paris-Saclay GS Physique
Institution awarding doctoral degree
Université Paris-Saclay GS Physique
Graduate school
127 Astronomie et Astrophysique d'Ile de France
Candidate's profile
Astrophysique théorique
(Magnéto)hydrodynamique
Simulations numériques
Calcul analytique
Theoretical astrophysics (Magneto)hydrodynamics Numerical simulations Analytical calculation
Theoretical astrophysics (Magneto)hydrodynamics Numerical simulations Analytical calculation
2025-04-09
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