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Natural SciencesAstronomyPhysicsAstrophysicsStellar AstronomyTidesAstronomical TidesBinary Star DynamicsBinary Star SystemsTidal DynamicsTidal ForcingTidal InteractionsBinary System TidesCircular OrbitsDissipation RateEnergy Dissipation RatesForced OscillationsKinematic ViscosityShear-driven FlowViscosity
Context.Stellar oscillations are excited in non-synchronously rotating stars in binary systems due to the tidal forces. Tangential components of the tides can drive a shear flow which behaves as a differentially forced rotating structure in a stratified outer medium.
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