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NASA's Juno mission recently reported Jupiter's high-degree (degree $\ell$, azimuthal order $m$ $=4,2$) Love number $k_{42}=1.289\pm0.063$ ($1\sigma$), an order of magnitude above the hydrostatic $k_{42}$ obtained in a nonrotating Jupiter…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-25 Benjamin Idini , David J. Stevenson

Context. The Juno spacecraft has obtained highly accurate tidal Love numbers, which provide important constraints on the tidal response and interior structure of Jupiter. Aims. In order to exploit these observations, it is necessary to…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-08 Yufeng Lin

In anticipation of improved observational data for Jupiter's gravitational field from the Juno spacecraft, we predict the static tidal response for a variety of Jupiter interior models based on ab initio computer simulations of…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-29 Sean M. Wahl , Willam B. Hubbard , Burkhard Militzer

The Juno orbiter continues to collect data on Jupiter's gravity field with unprecedented precision since 2016, recently reporting a non-hydrostatic component in the tidal response of the planet. At the mid-mission perijove 17, Juno…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-14 Benjamin Idini , David J. Stevenson

The Juno spacecraft has acquired exceptionally precise data on Jupiter's gravity field, offering invaluable insights into Jupiter's tidal response, interior structure, and dynamics, establishing crucial constraints. We develop a new model…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-07 Hachem Dhouib , Clément Baruteau , Stéphane Mathis , Florian Debras , Aurélie Astoul , Michel Rieutord

The Juno Orbiter is measuring the three-dimensional gravity field perturbation of Jupiter induced by its rapid rotation, zonal flows, and tidal response to its major natural satellites. This paper aims to provide the contributions to the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-10 Nadine Nettelmann

We study the response of hot Jupiters to a static tidal perturbation using the Concentric MacLaurin Spheroid (CMS) method. For strongly irradiated planets, we first performed radiative transfer calculations to relate the planet's…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-10 Sean M. Wahl , Daniel Thorngren , Tiger Lu , Burkhard Militzer

Tidal interactions play an important role in many astrophysical systems, but uncertainties regarding the tides of rapidly rotating, centrifugally distorted stars and gaseous planets remain. We have developed a precise method for computing…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-12 Janosz W. Dewberry , Dong Lai

The dynamic quadrupole Love number of Titan measured by \Cassini is $k_\mathrm{2,obs}=0.616\pm 0.067$, strongly indicating a global subsurface ocean. However, the theoretical Love number due to equilibrium tides is at most…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-13 Jing Luan

We develop a numerical method for directly computing the dissipative dynamical tidal response of rapidly rotating, oblate stars and gaseous planets with realistic internal structures. Applying these calculations to neutrally and stably…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-12 Janosz W. Dewberry

We carefully develop the framework required to model the dynamical tidal response of a spinning neutron star in an inspiralling binary system, in the context of Newtonian gravity, making sure to include all relevant details and connections…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-01-05 Pantelis Pnigouras , Fabian Gittins , Amlan Nanda , Nils Andersson , David Ian Jones

The process of tidal dissipation inside Jupiter is not yet understood. Its tidal quality factor ($Q$) is inferred to lie between $10^5$ and $10^6$. We examine effects of inertial-modes on tidal dissipation in a neutrally bouyant, core-less,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Yanqin Wu

Gravitational waves from the final stages of inspiralling binary neutron stars are expected to be one of the most important sources for ground-based gravitational wave detectors. The masses of the components are determinable from the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-02-25 Sergey Postnikov , Madappa Prakash , James Lattimer

Observations of gravitational waves from inspiralling neutron star binaries---such as GW170817---can be used to constrain the nuclear equation of state by placing bounds on stellar tidal deformability. For slowly rotating neutron stars, the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-04-03 Jérémie Gagnon-Bischoff , Stephen R. Green , Philippe Landry , Néstor Ortiz

At mid-mission perijove 17, NASA's Juno mission has revealed a $7\sigma$ discrepancy between Jupiter's observed high-degree tidal response and the theoretical equilibrium tidal response, namely the Love number $k_{42}$. Here, we propose an…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-25 Benjamin Idini , David J. Stevenson

The gravitomagnetic tidal Love number of a slowly rotating body was calculated previously under the assumption that the velocity perturbation created by the tidal field consists of an induction piece proportional to the vector potential,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-09-30 Eric Poisson

The deformation of a nonrotating body resulting from the application of a tidal field is measured by two sets of Love numbers associated with the gravitoelectric and gravitomagnetic pieces of the tidal field, respectively. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-11 Philippe Landry , Eric Poisson

Context. Increasing our knowledge of the interior structure, composition and density distribution of exoplanets is crucial to make progress in the understanding of exoplanetary formation, migration and habitability. However, the directly…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-08 Sz. Csizmadia , H. Hellard , A. M. S. Smith

By extending our recent framework to describe the tidal deformations of a spinning compact object, we compute for the first time the tidal Love numbers of a spinning neutron star to linear order in the angular momentum. The spin of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-12-03 Paolo Pani , Leonardo Gualtieri , Valeria Ferrari

Love numbers measure the reaction of a celestial body to perturbing forces, such as the centrifugal force caused by rotation, or tidal forces resulting from the interaction with a companion body. These parameters are related to the interior…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-21 L. M. Bernabò , Sz. Csizmadia , A. M. S. Smith , H. Rauer , A. Hatzes , M. Esposito , D. Gandolfi , J. Cabrera
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