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Tidally-driven Roche-Lobe Overflow of Hot Jupiters with MESA
Francesca Valsecchi, Saul Rappaport, Frederic A. Rasio +2
Many exoplanets have now been detected in orbits with ultra-short periods, very close to the Roche limit. Building upon our previous work, we study the possibility that mass loss t…
The Dynamics of the Multi-planet System Orbiting Kepler-56
Gongjie Li, Smadar Naoz, Francesca Valsecchi +2
Kepler-56 is a multi-planet system containing two coplanar inner planets that are in orbits misaligned with respect to the spin axis of the host star, and an outer planet. Various…
From Hot Jupiters to Super-Earths via Roche Lobe Overflow
Francesca Valsecchi, Frederic A. Rasio, Jason H. Steffen
Through tidal dissipation in a slowly spinning host star the orbits of many hot Jupiters may decay down to the Roche limit. We expect that in most cases the ensuing mass transfer w…
Planets on the Edge
Francesca Valsecchi, Frederic A. Rasio
Hot Jupiters formed through circularization of high-eccentricity orbits should be found at orbital separations exceeding that of their Roche limit . Neverthe…
Tidal Dissipation and Obliquity Evolution in Hot Jupiter Systems
Francesca Valsecchi, Frederic A. Rasio
Two formation scenarios have been proposed to explain the tight orbits of hot Jupiters. They could be formed in orbits with a small inclination (with respect to the stellar spin) v…
Importance of Tides for Periastron Precession in Eccentric Neutron Star - White Dwarf Binaries
Niharika Sravan, Francesca Valsecchi, Vassiliki Kalogera +1
Although not nearly as numerous as binaries with two white dwarfs, eccentric neutron star-white dwarf (NS-WD) binaries are important gravitational-wave (GW) sources for the next ge…