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Natural orbital theory is a computationally useful approach to the few and many-body quantum problem. While natural orbitals are known and applied since many years in electronic structure applications, their potential for time-dependent…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2014-10-08 J. Rapp , M. Brics , D. Bauer

Our aim is to calculate the evolution of Algol binaries within the framework of the osculating orbital theory, which considers the perturbing forces acting on the orbit of each star arising from mass exchange via Roche lobe overflow (RLOF).…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-15 P. J. Davis , L. Siess , R. Deschamps

Tidal evolution of eccentric binary systems containing at least one massive main-sequence (MS) star plays an important role in the formation scenarios of merging compact-object binaries. The dominant dissipation mechanism in such systems…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-05 Yubo Su , Dong Lai

In this study, we formulate a set of differential equations for a binary system to describe the secular-tidal evolution of orbital elements, rotational dynamics, and deformation (flattening), under the assumption that one body remains…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-19 Clodoaldo Ragazzo , Lucas Ruiz dos Santos

Recent studies have shown that secular evolution of triple systems can play a major role in the evolution and interaction of their inner binaries. Very few studies explored the stellar evolution of triple systems, and in particular the mass…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Erez Michaely , Hagai B. Perets

In the present work, a new time-dependent exchange theory is presented wherein the symmetry constraints, on a multi-electron wavefunction, are properly accounted for. In so doing, the equations of motion, incorporating the required…

Computational Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Charles A. Weatherford

Recent observations have shown that at least some close-in exoplanets maintain eccentric orbits despite tidal circularization timescales that are typically shorter than stellar ages. We explore gravitational interactions with a distant…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Ke Zhang , Douglas P. Hamilton , Soko Matsumura

(Abbreviated) We extend the results of our 2021 paper concerning the problem of tidal evolution of a binary system with a rotating primary component with rotation axis arbitrarily inclined with respect to the orbital plane. Only the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-13 Pavel Ivanov , John Papaloizou

The birth and death of planets may be affected by mass outflows from their parent stars during the T-Tauri or post-main-sequence phases of stellar evolution. These outflows are often modelled to be isotropic, but this assumption is not…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Dimitri Veras , John D. Hadjidemetriou , Christopher A. Tout

We develop the foundations of an effective-one-body (EOB) model for eccentric binary coalescences that includes the conservative dynamics, radiation reaction, and gravitational waveform modes from the inspiral and the merger-ringdown…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-01-08 Tanja Hinderer , Stanislav Babak

The subject of this paper is the secular behaviour of a pair of planets evolving under dissipative forces. In particular, we investigate the case when dissipative forces affect the planetary semi-major axes and the planets move…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Tatiana A. Michtchenko , Adrián Rodríguez

The sets of the synchronous equations are derived from the sets of non-synchronous equations The analytical solutions are given by solving the set of differential equations. The results of the evolutionary tendency of the orbit-spin are…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Lin-Sen Li

Taking into account the mass transfer effect, we derive the equations of motion of a compact binary system at the second-half post-Newtonian order. Applying such equations of motion to quasi-circular orbits, we obtain the time derivative of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-08 Zi-Han Zhang , Tan Liu , Zong-Kuan Guo

We provide a generalized discussion of tidal evolution to arbitrary order in the expansion of the gravitational potential between two spherical bodies of any mass ratio. To accurately reproduce the tidal evolution of a system at separations…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-17 Patrick A. Taylor , Jean-Luc Margot

Despite numerous efforts to better understand binary star evolution, some aspects of it remain poorly constrained. In particular, the evolution of eccentric binaries has remained elusive mainly because the Roche lobe formalism derived for…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Charles-Philippe Lajoie , Alison Sills

Context: The dynamical evolution of binary populations in embedded star clusters shapes the statistical properties of binaries observed in the Galactic field. Accurately modelling this process requires resolving both early cluster dynamics…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-03 Wenjie Wu , Pavel Kroupa , Vikrant V. Jadhav

(abridged) We consider a secular orbital evolution of a supermassive binary black hole (SBBH) with unequal masses $M_p$ and $M_s < M_p$ in a central part of a non-spherical nuclear star cluster (NSC). When the mass of NSC inside the orbit…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-17 Pavel B. Ivanov , Alexander G. Polnarev

Context. Mass loss is an important property in evolution models of massive stars. As up to 90% of the massive stars have a visual or spectroscopic companion and many of them exhibit mass exchange, mass-loss rates can be acquired through the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-02 Jaan Laur , Elmo Tempel , Taavi Tuvikene , Tõnis Eenmäe , Indrek Kolka

The evolution of contact binary star systems in mass asymmetry (transfer) coordinate is considered. The orbital period changes is explained by an evolution in mass asymmetry towards the symmetry (symmetrization of binary system). It is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-25 V. V. Sargsyan , H. Lenske , G. G. Adamian , N. V. Antonenko

One of the major uncertainties in close binary evolution is the efficiency of mass transfer beta: the fraction of transferred mass that is accreted by a secondary star. We attempt to constrain the mass-transfer efficiency for short-period…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. E. de Mink , O. R. Pols , R. W. Hilditch