Self-Consistent Spin, Tidal and Dynamical Equations of Motion in the REBOUNDx Framework

Autor:	Lu, Tiger, Rein, Hanno, Tamayo, Daniel, Hadden, Sam, Mardling, Rosemary, Millholland, Sarah C., Laughlin, Gregory
Rok vydání:	2023
Předmět:	Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Physics - Computational Physics
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
DOI:	10.3847/1538-4357/acc06d
Popis:	We have introduced self-consistent spin, tidal and dynamical equations of motion into REBOUNDx, a library of additional effects for the popular N-body integrator REBOUND. The equations of motion used are derived from the constant time lag approximation to the equilibrium tide model of tidal friction. These effects will allow the study of a variety of systems where the full dynamical picture cannot be encapsulated by point particle dynamics. We provide several test cases and benchmark the code's performance against analytic predictions. The open-source code is available in the most recent release of REBOUNDx. Comment: Accepted to ApJ. 15 pages, 6 figures
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/2303.00006 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv