Dynamical tides in eccentric binaries and tidally excited stellar pulsations in Kepler KOI-54
Dynamical tides in eccentric binaries and tidally excited stellar pulsations in Kepler KOI-54
Recent observation of the tidally-excited stellar oscillations in the main-sequence binary KOI-54 by the KEPLER satellite provides a unique opportunity for studying dynamical tides in eccentric binary systems. We develop a general theory of tidal excitation of oscillation modes of rotating binary stars, and apply our theory to tidally excited …