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astro-ph.SR2019
Tidal Evolution of Eccentric Binaries Driven by Convective Turbulent Viscosity
Michelle Vick, Dong Lai
Tidal dissipation due to convective turbulent viscosity shapes the evolution of a variety of astrophysical binaries. For example, this type of dissipation determines the rate of or…
astro-ph.SR2018★ 10 cited
Polygram Stars: Resonant Tidal Excitation of Fundamental Oscillation Modes in Asynchronous Stellar Coalescence
Morgan MacLeod, Michelle Vick, Dong Lai +1
The prevalence of binary stars at close separations implies that many of these systems will interact or merge during the binary's lifetime. This paper presents hydrodynamic simulat…