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Tidally Induced Oscillations in Close Binaries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

B. Willems
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Open University, United Kingdom
C. Aerts
Affiliation:
Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Abstract

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In this paper, we present the results of a theoretical investigation on tidally excited oscillation modes in close binaries. We apply our results to the slowly pulsating B star HD 177863 and present evidence for the resonant excitation of the second-degree -mode in this star.

Type
Part 1.2. Pulsations in Close Binaries
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2002

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