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Query: Orbital migration and the period distribution of exoplanets   We use the model for the migration of planets introduced in Del Popolo,
Yesilyurt & Ercan (2003) to calculate the observed mass and semimajor axis
distribution of extra-solar planets. The assumption that the surface density in
planetesimals is proportional to that of gas is relaxed, and in order to
describe disc evolution we use a method which, using a series of simplifying
assumptions, is able to simultaneously follow the evolution of gas and solid
particles for up to $10^7 {\rm yr}$. The distribution of planetesimals obtained
after $10^7 {\rm yr}$ is used to study the migration rate of a giant planet
through the model of this paper. The disk and migration models are used to
calculate the distribution of planets as function of mass and semimajor axis.
The results show that the model can give a reasonable prediction of planets'
semi-major axes and mass distribution. In particular there is a pile-up of
planets at $a \simeq 0.05$ AU, a minimum near 0.3 AU, indicating a paucity of
planets at that distance, and a rise for semi-major axes larger than 0.3 AU,
out to 3 AU. The semi-major axis distribution shows that the more massive
planets (typically, masses larger than $4 M_{\rm J}$) form preferentially in
the outer regions and do not migrate much. Intermediate-mass objects migrate
more easily whatever the distance they form, and that the lighter planets
(masses from sub-Saturnian to Jovian) migrate easily.

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The categories of this paper are: nucl-ex
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The categories of this paper are: cond-mat
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The categories of this paper are: q-bio
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The categories of this paper are: supr-con
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The categories of this paper are: ao-sci
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The categories of this paper are: hep-ex
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The categories of this paper are: hep-th
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The categories of this paper are: nucl-th
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The categories of this paper are: chao-dyn
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The categories of this paper are: physics
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The categories of this paper are: atom-ph
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The categories of this paper are: comp-gas
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The categories of this paper are: dg-ga
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The categories of this paper are: gr-qc