Three-dimensional simulations of internal wave breaking and the fate of planets around solar-type stars
Three-dimensional simulations of internal wave breaking and the fate of planets around solar-type stars
We study the fate of internal gravity waves approaching the centre of a non-rotating solar-type star, by performing 3D numerical simulations using a Boussinesq-type model. These waves are excited at the top of the radiation zone by the tidal forcing of a short-period planet on a circular, coplanar orbit. This …