Planetary Orbital Evolution due to Tides
Orbital evolution of two objects experiencing tides
Evolve::TidalPotential Class Reference

Calculate the tidal potential over one component of an eccentric binary. More...

#include <TidalPotential.h>

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Public Member Functions

 TidalPotential (double primary_mass=Core::NaN, double secondary_mass=Core::NaN, double semimajor=Core::NaN, double eccentricity=Core::NaN, double inclination=Core::NaN, double arg_of_periapsis=Core::NaN)
 Define the boundary for which to calculate the tidal potential. More...
 
double inclination () const
 See __inclination attribute. More...
 
double & inclination ()
 A mutable reference to the inclination of the system. More...
 
double arg_of_periapsis () const
 The argument of periapsis of the system. More...
 
double & arg_of_periapsis ()
 A mutable reference to the argument of periapsis of the system. More...
 
const EccentricOrbitorbit () const
 An unmutable reference to the binary orbit. More...
 
EccentricOrbitorbit ()
 Mutable reference to the binary orbit. More...
 
template<class POSITION_TYPE >
double operator() (const POSITION_TYPE &position, double time) const
 Return the tidal potential at a specific position and time in SI. More...
 

Private Attributes

EccentricOrbit __orbit
 The binary orbit. More...
 
double __inclination
 
double __arg_of_periapsis
 

Detailed Description

Calculate the tidal potential over one component of an eccentric binary.

Definition at line 17 of file TidalPotential.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ TidalPotential()

Evolve::TidalPotential::TidalPotential ( double  primary_mass = Core::NaN,
double  secondary_mass = Core::NaN,
double  semimajor = Core::NaN,
double  eccentricity = Core::NaN,
double  inclination = Core::NaN,
double  arg_of_periapsis = Core::NaN 
)
inline

Define the boundary for which to calculate the tidal potential.

Parameters
primary_massSee same name argument to EccentricOrbit.
secondary_massSee same name argument to EccentricOrbit.
semimajorSee same name argument to EccentricOrbit.
eccentricitySee same name argument to EccentricOrbit.
inclinationSee __inclination attribute.
arg_of_periapsisSee __arg_of_periapsis attribute.

Definition at line 35 of file TidalPotential.h.

Member Function Documentation

◆ arg_of_periapsis() [1/2]

double Evolve::TidalPotential::arg_of_periapsis ( ) const
inline

The argument of periapsis of the system.

Definition at line 66 of file TidalPotential.h.

◆ arg_of_periapsis() [2/2]

double& Evolve::TidalPotential::arg_of_periapsis ( )
inline

A mutable reference to the argument of periapsis of the system.

Definition at line 69 of file TidalPotential.h.

◆ inclination() [1/2]

double Evolve::TidalPotential::inclination ( ) const
inline

See __inclination attribute.

Definition at line 60 of file TidalPotential.h.

◆ inclination() [2/2]

double& Evolve::TidalPotential::inclination ( )
inline

A mutable reference to the inclination of the system.

Definition at line 63 of file TidalPotential.h.

◆ operator()()

template<class POSITION_TYPE >
double Evolve::TidalPotential::operator() ( const POSITION_TYPE &  position,
double  time 
) const

Return the tidal potential at a specific position and time in SI.

Parameters
positionThe position to evaluate the potential at in a coordinate system centered on the primary body with \( \hat{z} = \hat{S} \), \( \hat{y} = \hat{S} \times \hat{L} \).

Must provide indexing with indices 0, 1, 2 for the three components.

Parameters
timeThe time in days when to evalutae the tidal potential. The system is in periapsis at time = 0.

Definition at line 96 of file TidalPotential.h.

◆ orbit() [1/2]

const EccentricOrbit& Evolve::TidalPotential::orbit ( ) const
inline

An unmutable reference to the binary orbit.

Definition at line 72 of file TidalPotential.h.

◆ orbit() [2/2]

EccentricOrbit& Evolve::TidalPotential::orbit ( )
inline

Mutable reference to the binary orbit.

Definition at line 75 of file TidalPotential.h.

Member Data Documentation

◆ __arg_of_periapsis

double Evolve::TidalPotential::__arg_of_periapsis
private

90 degrees less than the angle from \( \hat{y} = \hat{S} \times \hat{L} \) to the direction of periapsis in radians.

Definition at line 25 of file TidalPotential.h.

◆ __inclination

double Evolve::TidalPotential::__inclination
private

The angle between the orbital angular momentum and the spin angular momentum of the primary.;

Definition at line 25 of file TidalPotential.h.

◆ __orbit

EccentricOrbit Evolve::TidalPotential::__orbit
private

The binary orbit.

Definition at line 20 of file TidalPotential.h.


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