Research data supporting "Formation of gaps in self-gravitating debris disks by secular resonance in a single-planet system. I. A simplified model"

These animations are supplementary material for the research article: "Formation of gaps in self-gravitating debris disks by secular resonance in a single-planet system. I. A simplified model" by Sefilian A. A., Rafikov R. R. & Wyatt M. C. published in The Astrophysical Journal, 910, 13 (2021). The animations show the long-term evolution of a massive, self-gravitating debris disk as it interacts gravitationally with a single, eccentric planet interior to it. The combined gravity of the disk and the planet establish a secular resonance within the disk, where planetesimal eccentricities get significantly excited. This leads to the formation of a crescent-shaped gap in the disk centred around the resonant site. For more details, please see the aforementioned paper.