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Planets in the liquid-water habitable zone of low-mass stars experience large tidal forces, $10^3$ to $10^4$ times those on Earth, due to the small distance between the habitable zone and the host stars. Therefore, interior solid tides,…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-08 Jiaru Shi , Jun Yang , Dorian S. Abbot , Yonggang Liu , Wanying Kang , Yufeng Lin

Tidal effects have important imprints on gravitational waves (GWs) emitted during the final stage of the coalescence of binaries that involve neutron stars (NSs). Dynamical tides can be significant when NS oscillations become resonant with…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-06-19 Sizheng Ma , Hang Yu , Yanbei Chen

The evolution of many close binary and multiple star systems is defined by phases of mass exchange and interaction. As these systems evolve into contact, tidal dissipation is not always sufficient to bring them into circular, synchronous…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-19 Morgan MacLeod , Michelle Vick , Abraham Loeb

The gravitational waves (GWs) emitted by neutron star binaries probe the physics of matter at supra nuclear densities. During the late inspiral, tidal deformations raised on each star by the gravitational field of its companion depend…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-09-19 Justin L. Ripley , Abhishek Hegade K. R. , Rohit S. Chandramouli , and Nicolas Yunes

We study the fate of internal gravity waves approaching the centre of a non-rotating solar-type star, by performing 3D numerical simulations using a Boussinesq-type model. These waves are excited at the top of the radiation zone by the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 A. J. Barker

The origin of large magnetic fields ($\gtrsim 10^6~\mathrm{G}$) in isolated white dwarfs is not clear. One possible explanation is that crystallization of the star's core drives compositional convection, which when combined with the star's…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-20 J. R. Fuentes , Matias Castro-Tapia , Andrew Cumming

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

The orbits of short-period exoplanets are sculpted by tidal dissipation. However, the mechanisms and associated efficiencies of these tidal interactions are poorly constrained. We present robust constraints on the tidal quality factors of…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-17 Sarah C. Millholland , Morgan MacLeod , Felicia Xiao

Previous theoretical works using the pre-merger orbital evolution of coalescing neutron stars to constrain properties of dense nuclear matter assume a gravitational wave phase uncertainty of a few radians, or about a half cycle. However,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-04 Wynn C. G. Ho , Nils Andersson

A conclusive model for the formation of dwarf spheroidal (dSph) galaxies still remains elusive. Owing to their proximity to the massive spirals Milky Way (MW) and M31, various environmental processes have been invoked to explain their…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-03-29 Stelios Kazantzidis , Lucio Mayer , Simone Callegari , Massimo Dotti , Leonidas A. Moustakas

We use a luminous fast magnetic rotator model to analyze the influence of a magnetic field on the linear waves induced in the wind of a massive star by the radiative instability. We show that a twisted magnetic field can drive a strong wind…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Henning Seemann , Peter L. Biermann

Tidal interactions are one of the primary drivers of orbital evolution for massive planets with short orbital periods. Tidal dissipation within host stars can cause the orbits of such planets to decay. However, the mechanisms of tidal…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-27 Noah Sodickson , Samuel Grunblatt

Internal gravity waves propagate in stellar radiative zones and transport angular momentum throughout the evolution of stars, shaping the internal rotation pro le of these regions. We use the analytical study of Andre\'e et al. (2018) to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-23 Q. André , S. Mathis , L. Amard

Tidal interactions between moons and planets can have major effects on the orbits, spins, and thermal evolution of the moons. In the Saturn system, tidal dissipation in the planet transfers angular momentum from Saturn to the moons, causing…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-09 Jim Fuller , Tristan Guillot , Stephane Mathis , Carl Murray

In this work, we present an updated prescription of contemporary tidal dissipation theory adapted for rapid binary population synthesis. Our simplified expressions encode the dependence of tidal dissipation on stellar structure,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-17 Veome Kapil , Ilya Mandel , Evgeni Grishin , Jim Fuller , Jeff Riley , Emanuele Berti

The Tayler-Spruit dynamo (TSD) is able to generate a small-scale magnetic field in the differentially rotating stably stratified layers of stars and was recently observed in numerical simulations. In parallel, the propagation of internal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-22 L. Amard , S. Mathis

During a tidal disruption event (TDE) the stream debris inherits the magnetic field of the star. As the stream stretches, the magnetic field evolves and can eventually become dynamically important. We study this effect by means of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-01 Simona Pacuraru , Clément Bonnerot , Martin E. Pessah

Unveiling the fate of ultra-short period (USP) planets may help us understand the qualitative agreement between tidal theory and the observed exoplanet distribution. Nevertheless, due to the time-varying interchange of spin-orbit angular…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-28 Jaime A. Alvarado-Montes , Mario Sucerquia , Carolina García-Carmona , Jorge I. Zuluaga , Lee Spitler , Christian Schwab

Asteroseismology has become a powerful tool in stellar astrophysics, offering unprecedented insights into the internal structures and dynamics of stars. It enables precise characterization of stellar interiors across a wide range of stellar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-06 M. Esseldeurs , J. Ahuir , L. Amard , S. Mathis , L. Decin

Magnetar flares excite strong Alfv\'{e}n waves in the magnetosphere of the neutron star. The wave energy can (1) dissipate in the magnetosphere, (2) convert to "fast modes" and possibly escape, and (3) penetrate the neutron star crust and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Xinyu Li , Jonathan Zrake , Andrei M. Beloborodov