Predictions for the frequency and orbital radii of massive extrasolar planets
Predictions for the frequency and orbital radii of massive extrasolar planets
We investigate the migration of massive extrasolar planets caused by gravitational interaction with a viscous protoplanetary disc. We show that a model in which planets form at 5 au at a constant rate, before migrating, leads to a predicted distribution of planets that is a steeply rising function of log(a), …