Stanley A. Baronett, Noah Ferich, Daniel Tamayo, Jason H. Steffen
Published 2021-01-28Version 1
We introduce two new features to REBOUNDx, an extended library for the N-body integrator REBOUND. The first is a convenient parameter interpolator for coupling different physics and integrators using numerical splitting schemes. The second implements a constant time lag model for tides (without evolving spins) from Hut (1981). We demonstrate various examples of these features using post-main sequence stellar evolution data from MESA (Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics). These additional effects are publicly available as of REBOUNDx's latest release.
Comments: Submitted to MNRAS, 8 pages, 5 figures, source code available at https://github.com/dtamayo/reboundx, Jupyter notebooks to reproduce figures available at https://github.com/sabaronett/REBOUNDxPaper
Tidal Dissipation in Evolved Low and Intermediate Mass Stars
Tidal dissipation in stars and giant planets
Dynamical tide in stellar radiative zones. General formalism and evolution for low-mass stars
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