Orbital Decay of Hot Jupiters due to Weakly Nonlinear Tidal Dissipation

We study tidal dissipation in hot Jupiter host stars due to the nonlinear damping of tidally driven g -modes, extending the calculations of Essick & Weinberg to a wide variety of stellar host types. This process causes the planet’s orbit to decay and has potentially important consequences for th...

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Main Authors: Nevin N. Weinberg, Niyousha Davachi, Reed Essick, Hang Yu, Phil Arras, Brent Belland
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/ad05c9