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Gravitational tidal interactions drive long-term rotational and orbital evolution in planetary systems, in multiple (particularly close binary) star systems and in planetary moon systems. Dissipation of tidal flows in Earth's oceans is…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-16 Adrian J. Barker

Oceanic tides are a major source of tidal dissipation. They drive the evolution of planetary systems and the rotational dynamics of planets. However, 2D models commonly used for the Earth cannot be applied to extrasolar telluric planets…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-18 Pierre Auclair-Desrotour , Stéphane Mathis , Jacques Laskar , Jérémy Leconte

[Abridged] Most exoplanets detected so far are close-in planets, which are likely to be affected by tidal dissipation in their host star. To get a complete picture of the evolution of star-planet systems one needs to consider the impact of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-07 J. Ahuir , S. Mathis , L. Amard

Gas giant planets are differentially rotating magnetic objects that have strong and complex interactions with their environment. In our Solar system, they interact with their numerous moons while exoplanets with very short orbital periods…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-03 Hachem Dhouib , Clément Baruteau , Stéphane Mathis , Florian Debras , Aurélie Astoul , Michel Rieutord

Tidally-excited inertial waves in stellar convective regions are a key mechanism for tidal dissipation in stars and therefore the evolution of close-in binary or planetary systems. As a first step, we explore here the impact of latitudinal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-21 M. Guenel , C. Baruteau , S. Mathis , M. Rieutord

We study the tidal forcing, propagation and dissipation of linear inertial waves in a rotating fluid body. The intentionally simplified model involves a perfectly rigid core surrounded by a deep ocean consisting of a homogeneous…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Gordon I. Ogilvie

Tidal interactions in close star-planet or binary star systems may excite inertial waves (their restoring force is the Coriolis force) in the convective region of the stars. The dissipation of these waves plays a prominent role in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-16 Mathieu Guenel , Stéphane Mathis , Clément Baruteau , Michel Rieutord

The spin axis of a rotationally deformed planet is forced to precess about its orbital angular momentum vector, due to the tidal gravity of its host star, if these directions are misaligned. This induces internal fluid motions inside the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-27 Adrian J. Barker

We study how stably stratified or semi-convective layers alter tidal dissipation rates associated with the generation of inertial, gravito-inertial, interfacial and surface gravity waves in rotating giant planets. We explore scenarios in…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-07 Christina M. Pontin , Adrian J. Barker , Rainer Hollerbach

The full non-linear evolution of the tidal instability is studied numerically in an ellipsoidal fluid domain relevant for planetary cores applications. Our numerical model, based on a finite element method, is first validated by reproducing…

Classical Physics · Physics 2010-10-01 David Cébron , Michael Le Bars , Justin Leontini , Pierre Maubert , Patrice Le Gal

As the observed occurrence for planets or stellar companions orbiting low and intermediate-mass evolved stars is increasing, so does the importance of understanding and evaluating the strength of their interactions. One of the fundamental…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-23 M. Esseldeurs , S. Mathis , L. Decin

Since 1995, numerous close-in planets have been discovered around low-mass stars (M to A-type stars). These systems are susceptible to be tidally evolving, in particular the dissipation of the kinetic energy of tidal flows in the host star…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-28 Emeline Bolmont , Florian Gallet , Stéphane Mathis , Corinne Charbonnel , Louis Amard

Star-planet tidal interactions may result in the excitation of inertial waves in the convective region of stars. Their dissipation plays a prominent role in the long-term orbital evolution of short-period planets. If the star is assumed to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-14 M. Guenel , C. Baruteau , S. Mathis , M. Rieutord

Earth-like planets have anelastic mantles, whereas giant planets may have anelastic cores. As for the fluid parts of a body, the tidal dissipation of such solid regions, gravitationally perturbed by a companion body, highly depends on its…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-03 F. Remus , S. Mathis , J. -P. Zahn , V. Lainey

Tidal interactions play a crucial role in the orbital evolution of close-in star-planet systems. There are numerous manifestations of tides, including planetary orbital migration, breaking resonant chains, tidal heating, orbital…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-07 Yaroslav A. Lazovik , Adrian J. Barker

Since 1995, more than 500 extrasolar planets have been discovered orbiting very close to their parent star, where they experience strong tidal interactions. Their orbital evolution depends on the physical mechanisms that cause tidal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 F. Remus , S. Mathis , J. -P. Zahn

Tidal dissipation in star-planet systems occurs through various mechanisms, including the precessional instability. This is an instability of laminar flows (``Poincar\'{e} flows") forced by axial precession of a rotating, oblate, spin-orbit…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-30 Nils B. de Vries , Adrian J. Barker , Rainer Hollerbach

In close exoplanetary systems, tidal interactions drive orbital and spin evolution of planets and stars over long timescales. Tidally-forced inertial waves (restored by the Coriolis acceleration) in the convective envelopes of low-mass…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-17 A. Astoul , A. J. Barker

Tidal dissipation is responsible for circularizing the orbits and synchronizing the spins of solar-type close binary stars, but the mechanisms responsible are not fully understood. Previous work has indicated that significant enhancements…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-30 Adrian J. Barker

It is debated whether close-in giant planets can form in-situ and if not, which mechanisms are responsible for their migration. One of the observable tests for migration theories is the current value of the angle between the stellar…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-17 Cilia Damiani , Stéphane Mathis