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3D MHD Simulations of Accretion onto Stars with Tilted Magnetic and Rotational Axes
M. M. Romanova, A. V. Koldoba, G. V. Ustyugova +3
We present results of global three-dimensional (3D) magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of accretion onto magnetized stars where both the magnetic and rotational axes of the star…
Excitation of Spin-Orbit Misalignments in Stellar Binaries with Circumbinary Disks: Application to DI Herculis
Kassandra R. Anderson, Dong Lai
The large spin-orbit misalignments in the DI Herculis stellar binary system have resolved the decades-long puzzle of the anomalously slow apsidal precession rate, but raise new que…
Inclination Dynamics of Resonant Planets under the Influence of an Inclined External Companion
Laetitia Rodet, Dong Lai
Recent observations suggest that a large fraction of Kepler super-Earth systems have external giant planet companions (cold Jupiters), which can shape the architecture of the inner…
Enhanced Lidov-Kozai migration and the formation of the transiting giant planet WD1856+534b
Christopher E. O'Connor, Bin Liu, Dong Lai
We investigate the possible origin of the transiting giant planet WD1856+534b, the first strong exoplanet candidate orbiting a white dwarf, through high-eccentricity migration (HEM…
Evolution of inspiralling neutron star binaries: effects of tidal interactions and orbital eccentricities
Jie-Shuang Wang, Dong Lai
Neutron star (NS) binaries formed dynamically may have significant eccentricities while emitting gravitational waves (GWs) in the LIGO/VIRGO band. We study tidal effects in such ec…
Hierarchical Black-Hole Mergers in Multiple Systems: Constrain the Formation of GW190412, GW190814 and GW190521-like events
Bin Liu, Dong Lai
The merging black-hole (BH) binaries GW190412, GW190814 and GW190521 from the third LIGO/VIRGO observing run exhibit some extraordinary properties, including highly asymmetric mass…