Carone, Ludmila (2012). Tidal interactions of short-period extrasolar transit planets with their host stars: Constraining the elusive stellar tidal dissipation factor. PhD thesis, Universität zu Köln.
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Abstract
The orbital and stellar rotation evolution of CoRoT planetary systems due to tides raised by the planet on the star (stellar tidal friction) and by tides raised by the star on the planet (planetary tidal friction, for e>0) is investigated. The evolution time scale depends on the stellar tidal dissipation factor over stellar Love number Q∗/k2* which is not very well constrained. Tidal energy dissipation models yield Q∗/k2∗ = 10E5 − 10E9. Many CoRoT planets may migrate towards their star because the stellar rotation rate Ω∗ is smaller than the planetary mean revolution rate n. To guarantee long-term stability of the CoRoT-planets, Q∗/k2∗≥ 10E7−10E8 is derived as a common stability limit. As the planet migrates towards the star, the stellar rotation is spun-up efficiently. For most CoRoT stars no sign of tidal spin up is found, therefore Q∗/k2∗ > 10E6 is derived by requiring tidal friction to be weaker than magnetic braking. CoRoT-17 apparently is experiencing moderate tidal spin-up which requires 4 × 10E7 ≤ Q∗/k2∗ < 10E9. For planets with e ≥ 0.5, like CoRoT-10b and CoRoT-20b, planetary and stellar tidal friction may act on similar timescales. This may lead to a positive feedback effect, decreasing the semi major axis/increasing the stellar rotation rapidly. To avoid this, Q∗/k2∗ > 10E6 is required. The CoRoT-3 and CoRoT-15 system may be tidal equilibrium states, where Ω∗ = n. To achieve this state and to maintain it in the presence of magnetic braking Q∗/k2∗≤ 10E7 − 10E8 is required. Even then, the double synchronous orbit may decay because magnetic braking removes angular momentum from the system. Therefore, only F stars are capable to maintain a double synchronous state with a massive companion, because these stars are not strongly affected by magnetic braking. The Q∗/k2∗ values required for double synchronous rotation are comparatively low although Q∗/k2∗ is expected to grow as Ω∗ → n. This discrepancy is explained by the on-set of dynamical tides as stellar eigenfrequencies are exited, leading to a more efficient tidal energy dissipation and reducing Q∗/k2∗. The other CoRoT-systems are assumed not to excite dynamical tides.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD thesis) | ||||||||
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-47574 | ||||||||
Date: | 28 June 2012 | ||||||||
Language: | English | ||||||||
Faculty: | Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences > Department of Geosciences > Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology | ||||||||
Subjects: | Physics Earth sciences |
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Date of oral exam: | 22 May 2012 | ||||||||
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Refereed: | Yes | ||||||||
URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/4757 |
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