Kavli Affiliate: Saul Rappaport | First 5 Authors: Jim Fuller, Saul Rappaport, Rahul Jayaraman, Don Kurtz, Gerald Handler | Summary: Stars in close binaries are tidally distorted, and this has a strong effect on their pulsation modes. We compute the mode frequencies and geometries of tidally distorted stars using perturbation theory, accounting for the effects […]
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