Measurement of the Tidal Dissipation in Multiple Stars

Details Measurement of the Tidal Dissipation in Multiple Stars Measurement of the Tidal Dissipation in Multiple Stars

Aug 2007

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Binary Stars as Critical Tools & Tests in Contemporary Astrophysics, Proceedings of IAU Symposium #240, held 22-25 August, 2006

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Considerable effort has been spent to date in measuring the period of tidal circularisation in close binaries as a function of age, in order to constrain the tidal dissipation theory. Here we evaluate a new, direct method of measuring the tidal dissipation by precise timings of periastron passages in a very eccentric binary. The example of the 41 Dra system is studied in some detail.

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