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J. Ahuir

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arXiv2026

Competition between gravity waves excited by convection and tides in stars that host a companion

Asteroseismology has become a powerful tool in stellar astrophysics, offering unprecedented insights into the internal structures and dynamics of stars. It enables precise characterization of stellar interiors across a wide range of stellar masses and of evolutionary phases, from the main sequence to the white dwarf phase. At the same time, the number of detected close stellar and planetary companions throughout the entire stellar evolutionary phases has increased significantly, prompting key questions about the interplay between stellar evolution and binarity. We investigate the competition between gravity waves (IGW) excited by internal convection and those excited by tides in stars that host a companion. By modelling the energy and angular momentum luminosities transported by IGWs stochastically excited by convection and by tides, we seek to quantify their relative contributions and identify the key parameters that govern their efficiency. We compute the energy and angular momentum luminosities transported by both types of waves for a range of stellar masses and evolutionary stages, with a particular focus on understanding how the presence of a companion influences the angular momentum transport of the radiative layers of the host star. The competition between the two excitation mechanisms is sensitive to the mass and orbital properties of the companion, as well as the internal structure of the host star. We find that for a Jupiter-mass companion, the stochastic excitation dominates over tidal excitation during all evolutionary phases. Only for close-in stellar companions around late-type stars does the tidal excitation become more efficient. The presence of a companion is unlikely to significantly alter the internal angular momentum transport in the radiative layers of the host star, simplifying the modelling of IGW-driven angular momentum transport in stars that host a companion.

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arXiv2021

Dynamical tide in stellar radiative zones. General formalism and evolution for low-mass stars

[Abridged] Most exoplanets detected so far are close-in planets, which are likely to be affected by tidal dissipation in their host star. To get a complete picture of the evolution of star-planet systems one needs to consider the impact of tides within both stellar radiative and convective zones. We aim to provide a general formalism to assess tidal dissipation in stellar radiative zones for all spectral types, allowing for the study of the dynamics of a given system throughout stellar evolution. We investigate the influence of stellar structure and evolution on tidal dissipation in the radiative core of low-mass stars. From the study of adiabatic oscillations throughout the star, we compute the energy flux transported by progressive internal gravity waves and the induced tidal torque. We then study the influence of stellar structure and evolution on tidal dissipation of solar-type stars from the pre-main sequence (PMS) to the red giant branch (RGB). For a given star-planet system, tidal dissipation reaches a maximum value on the pre-main sequence for all stellar masses. On the main sequence (MS), it decreases to become almost constant. The dissipation is then several orders of magnitude smaller for F-type stars than for G and K-type stars. During the Sub-Giant phase and the RGB, tidal dissipation increases by several orders of magnitude, along with the expansion of the stellar envelope. We show that the dissipation of the dynamical tide in the convective zone dominates the evolution of the system during most of the PMS and the beginning of the main sequence. Tidal dissipation in the radiative zone then becomes the strongest contribution during the Sub-Giant phase and the RGB. We also find that the dissipation of a metal-poor star is stronger than the dissipation of a metal-rich star during the PMS, the Sub-Giant phase and the RGB.

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