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astro-ph.SR2020★ 44 cited
Tidally Trapped Pulsations in Binary Stars
J. Fuller, D. W. Kurtz, G. Handler +1
A new class of pulsating binary stars was recently discovered, whose pulsation amplitudes are strongly modulated with orbital phase. Stars in close binaries are tidally distorted,…
astro-ph.SR2020★ 71 cited
Tidally Trapped Pulsations in a close binary star system discovered by TESS
G. Handler, D. W. Kurtz, S. A. Rappaport +12
It has long been suspected that tidal forces in close binary stars could modify the orientation of the pulsation axis of the constituent stars. Such stars have been searched for, b…