Discrepant Approaches to Modeling Stellar Tides and the Blurring of Pseudosynchronization

We examine the reasons for discrepancies between two alternative approaches to modeling small-amplitude tides in binary systems. The direct solution (DS) approach solves the governing differential equations and boundary conditions directly, while the modal decomposition (MD) approach relies on a nor...

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Main Authors: R. H. D. Townsend, M. Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acdd5a