Dynamical tides in compact white dwarf binaries: tidal synchronization and dissipation
Dynamical tides in compact white dwarf binaries: tidal synchronization and dissipation
In compact white dwarf (WD) binary systems (with periods ranging from minutes to hours), dynamical tides involving the excitation and dissipation of gravity waves play a dominant role in determining the physical conditions of the WDs prior to mass transfer or binary merger. We calculate the amplitude of the tidally …