Early phases of formation and evolution of planetary systems

We study orbital evolution of multiple Earth-mass protoplanets in their natal protoplanetary disk. Our aim is to explore the interplay between migration of protoplanets driven by the disk gravity, their growth by pebble accretion, and accretion heating which affects gas in their neighbourhood. Radiation hydrodynamic (RHD) simulations in 2D and 3D are used to model the problem. We find that the heating torque, i.e. the torque exerted by asymmetric hot underdense gas near accreting protoplanets, significantly changes the migration. Specifically, it excites orbital eccentricities of migrating protoplanets, thus preventing their capture in chains of mean-motion resonances. The protoplanets then undergo numerous close encounters and form giant planet cores by mutual collisions. Additionally, if inclinations also become excited, we describe a new mechanism that can form binary planets by means of consecutive two-body and three-body encounters, with the assistance of the disk gravity. Finally, our 3D RHD simulations reveal a complex distortion of the gas flow near an accreting protoplanet, driven by baroclinic perturbations and convection. For specific temperature-dependent opacities of the disk, an instability is triggered which redistributes gas around the protoplanet and leads to an oscillatory migration,..