Orateur
Alexandre Correia
Description
We present new methods for modeling the tidal evolution of multi-body systems. We derive the equations of motion using a vectorial formalism that is frame-independent and applicable to any rheological model. We compute the instantaneous deformation of extended bodies by solving a differential equation for the inertia tensor. This approach can account for all types of perturbations, including chaotic motion. We also present a open-source N-body code for simulating the tidal evolution of multi-body systems.