Tidal Interactions in Stars and Planets

ast - 0201636 -阿拉斯,PhilipDr。Arras获得了美国国家科学基金会天文学和天体物理学博士后奖学金，在加州大学圣巴巴拉分校（UCSB）理论物理研究所开展研究和教育项目。他将对恒星和行星之间的潮汐相互作用进行理论研究。他的工作将探索主恒星对各种轨道物体的潮汐效应：近距离的太阳系外行星，木星型行星，仍在形成的恒星，以及普通的低质量恒星。他希望用他的计算来解释最近对太阳系外行星的观测以及对木星大气层的观测。在教育方面，他将在UCSB开设两门新的物理课程：一门是银河动力学的研究生课程，另一门是名为“加州物理学”的流体力学本科课程，这门课程将把材料应用于当地的自然现象，如波浪和地震

AST-0201636Arras, PhilipDr. Arras is awarded an NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship to carry out a program of research and education at the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB). He will conduct theoretical studies of the tidal interactions between stars and planets. His work will explore the tidal effect of the primary star on various orbiting objects: close-in extrasolar planets, Jupiter-type planets, stars which are still forming, and ordinary low-mass stars. He hopes to use his calculations to explain recent observations of extrasolar planets as well as observations of Jupiter's atmosphere. For his educational component, he will develop two new physics courses to be taught at UCSB: a graduate course on galactic dynamics, and an undergraduate course on fluid mechanics called "The Physics of California" that will apply the material to local natural phenomena such as waves and earthquakes.***