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A High Resolution Study of Tidal Interaction in Stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

R. A. Gingold
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Monash University
J. J. Monaghan
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Monash University

Extract

When two stars are in orbit about each other, tidal forces cause an exchange of energy and angular momentum between the orbital motion and the fluid motion of each star about its own centre of mass. The orbit is progressively altered, and one or both stars may be catastrophically disrupted.

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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1980

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References

Gingold, R. A., and Monaghan, J. J., Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 191, 897 (1980).Google Scholar