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Tidal Torques

Tidal Torques is a mechanical torque arising from differential gravitational interactions between celestial bodies, distinguished by its role in mediating angular momentum exchange through the distortion of extended bodies in tidal contact.

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2017–2026

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193

Formation and rotation of disc galaxies with haloes

S. Michael Fall, G. Efstathiou · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 1980 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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New Understanding of Large Magellanic Cloud Structure, Dynamics, and Orbit from Carbon Star Kinematics

The Astronomical Journal · 2002 · 571 citations · Full text

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Angular momentum from tidal torques

Joshua E. Barnes, G. Efstathiou · The Astrophysical Journal · 1987 · 545 citations

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Tidal torques on accretion discs in binary systems with extreme mass ratios

D. N. C. Lin, J. C. B. Papaloizou · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 1979 · 522 citations

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A comparative study of disc-planet interaction

M. de Val-Borro, Richard G. Edgar, Pawel Artymowicz et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2006 · 445 citations · Full text

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Authors

331

  1. JC
    J. C. B. Papaloizou

    Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 1K citations

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  2. PG
    Peter Goldreich

    California Institute of Technology, United States

    4 publications · 805 citations

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  3. RG
    Rebecca G. Martin

    University of Nevada, Las Vegas, United States

    4 publications · 256 citations

    4

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  4. JL
    J. Laskar

    Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Éphémérides, France

    4 publications · 125 citations

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  5. SJ
    S. J. Peale

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    4 publications · 641 citations

    4

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Institutions

189

  1. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    16 h-index

    27 publications

    3.8K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    15 h-index

    39 publications

    2.8K citations

  3. Institute of Astronomy

    Moscow, Russia

    14 h-index

    25 publications

    4.2K citations

  4. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    7 h-index

    14 publications

    2.3K citations

  5. Space Telescope Science Institute

    Baltimore, United States

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    1.4K citations

  6. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    11 publications

    990 citations

  7. Université Paris Cité

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    973 citations

  8. Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    15 publications

    973 citations

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  1. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    58 publications · 6.6K citations

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  2. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 39 publications · 4.1K citations

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    14 publications · 490 citations

    13

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  4. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 7 publications · 853 citations

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  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 8 publications · 291 citations

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