Self-consistent Dynamical and Chaotic Tides in the REBOUNDx Framework

At high eccentricities, tidal forcing excites vibrational modes within orbiting bodies known as dynamical tides. In this paper, we implement the coupled evolution of these modes with the body’s orbit in the REBOUNDx framework, an extension to the popular N -body integrator REBOUND . We provide a var...

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Main Authors: Donald Liveoak, Sarah C. Millholland, Michelle Vick, Daniel Tamayo
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Published: IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/adefe7
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description At high eccentricities, tidal forcing excites vibrational modes within orbiting bodies known as dynamical tides. In this paper, we implement the coupled evolution of these modes with the body’s orbit in the REBOUNDx framework, an extension to the popular N -body integrator REBOUND . We provide a variety of test cases relevant to exoplanet dynamics and demonstrate overall agreement with prior studies of dynamical tides in the secular regime. Our implementation is readily applied to various high-eccentricity scenarios and allows for fast and accurate N -body investigations of astrophysical systems for which dynamical tides are relevant.
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spelling doaj-art-44987efb856f4054abbb959e5b3a53222025-08-20T02:47:37ZengIOP PublishingThe Astrophysical Journal1538-43572025-01-0198913510.3847/1538-4357/adefe7Self-consistent Dynamical and Chaotic Tides in the REBOUNDx FrameworkDonald Liveoak0https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3584-6698Sarah C. Millholland1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3130-2282Michelle Vick2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3752-3038Daniel Tamayo3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9908-8705Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, MA 02139, USADepartment of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, MA 02139, USADepartment of Physics, Brown University , Providence, RI 02912, USADepartment of Physics, Harvey Mudd College , Claremont, CA 91711, USAAt high eccentricities, tidal forcing excites vibrational modes within orbiting bodies known as dynamical tides. In this paper, we implement the coupled evolution of these modes with the body’s orbit in the REBOUNDx framework, an extension to the popular N -body integrator REBOUND . We provide a variety of test cases relevant to exoplanet dynamics and demonstrate overall agreement with prior studies of dynamical tides in the secular regime. Our implementation is readily applied to various high-eccentricity scenarios and allows for fast and accurate N -body investigations of astrophysical systems for which dynamical tides are relevant.https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/adefe7Open source softwareExoplanet dynamicsTides
spellingShingle Donald Liveoak
Sarah C. Millholland
Michelle Vick
Daniel Tamayo
Self-consistent Dynamical and Chaotic Tides in the REBOUNDx Framework
The Astrophysical Journal
Open source software
Exoplanet dynamics
Tides
title Self-consistent Dynamical and Chaotic Tides in the REBOUNDx Framework
title_full Self-consistent Dynamical and Chaotic Tides in the REBOUNDx Framework
title_fullStr Self-consistent Dynamical and Chaotic Tides in the REBOUNDx Framework
title_full_unstemmed Self-consistent Dynamical and Chaotic Tides in the REBOUNDx Framework
title_short Self-consistent Dynamical and Chaotic Tides in the REBOUNDx Framework
title_sort self consistent dynamical and chaotic tides in the reboundx framework
topic Open source software
Exoplanet dynamics
Tides
url https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/adefe7
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