Browsing by Subject "stars: rotation"
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Nonlinear tides in a homogeneous rotating planet or star: global modes and elliptical instability
(Oxford University PressMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2016-03-28)We revisit the global modes and instabilities of homogeneous rotating ellipsoidal fluid masses, which are the simplest global models of rotationally and tidally deformed gaseous planets or stars. The tidal flow in a ...
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Nonlinear tides in a homogeneous rotating planet or star: global simulations of the elliptical instability
(Oxford University PressMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2016)I present results from the first global hydrodynamical simulations of the elliptical instability in a tidally deformed gaseous planet (or star) with a free surface. The elliptical instability is potentially important for ...