Kozai-Lidov Oscillations
Scott Tremaine
School of Natural Sciences, IAS
Date & Time:
Wed, 02/13/2013 - 18:00 - 19:30
Location:
Dilworth Room
Rooms:
Dilworth Room - Rear
Rooms:
Dilworth Room These are a curious and only recently appreciated phenomenon in celestial mechanics, in which (for example) a planet orbiting one member of a binary star system undergoes large, slow oscillations in its orbital eccentricity and inclination. I will describe the mechanics of Kozai-Lidov oscillations, some of their unexpected properties, and their consequences for a variety of astronomical systems.
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Dorothea Phares
phares@ias.edu
Tue, 04/10/2012 - 15:03
Wed, 02/06/2013 - 18:06