Tidal instability in stellar and planetary binary systems

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 178, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 48-55

  Le Bars, M ^a   Lacaze, L ^b   Le Dizes S ^a   Le Gal, P ^a   Rieutord, M ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Binary systems; Synchronization; Tidal elliptical instability; Tides

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR VELOCITY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ORBITS; SYNCHRONIZATION; SYSTEMS (METALLURGICAL); TIDES;

BINARY SYSTEMS; COUPLED MODELING; ELLIPTICAL INSTABILITY; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; LARGE AMPLITUDE; PLANETARY SCALE; RELATIVE VALUE; SPINNING ANGULAR VELOCITY;

STABILITY;

ELLIPSE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MODELING; PLANET; TIDE;

EID: 72149115948     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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