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most citedModules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA): Pulsating Variable Stars, Rotation, Convective Boundaries, and Energy Conservation

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astro-ph.EP2014★ 33 cited

Stars Get Dizzy After Lunch

Michael Zhang, Kaloyan Penev

Exoplanet searches have discovered a large number of 'hot Jupiters'--high-mass planets orbiting very close to their parent stars in nearly circular orbits. A number of these planet…

astro-ph.EP2014★ 54 cited

POET: A Model for (P)lanetary (O)rbital (E)volution due to (T)ides on Evolving Stars

Kaloyan Penev, Michael Zhang, Brian Jackson

We make publicly available an efficient, versatile, easy to use and extend tool for calculating the evolution of circular aligned planetary orbits due to the tidal dissipation in t…