Essays about: "secular oscillations"

Found 1 essay containing the words secular oscillations.

  1. 1. Secular oscillations and Kozai cycles in planetary systems

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Astronomi - Genomgår omorganisation; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för astronomi och teoretisk fysik - Genomgår omorganisation

    Author : Joel Wallenius; [2014]
    Keywords : Kozai effect; Kozai mechanism; secular oscillations; hot Jupiters; planets; planetary systems; Physics and Astronomy;

    Abstract : The origin of the class of exoplanets typically referred to as hot Jupiters is to this day an unsettled matter. Some of the proposed formation channels predict certain values of the spin-orbit misalignment parameter, i.e. the angle between the stellar rotation axis, and the angular momentum vector of the planet orbit. READ MORE