Tidal interactions in rotating multiple stars and their impact on their evolution
Tidal interactions in rotating multiple stars and their impact on their evolution
Tidal dissipation in stars is one of the key physical mechanisms that drive the evolution of binary and multiple stars. As in the Earth oceans, it corresponds to the resonant excitation of their eigenmodes of oscillation and their damping. Therefore, it strongly depends on the internal structure, rotation, and dissipative …