Exploring tidal dissipation in rubble pile binary secondaries using a discrete element model
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| author | Burnett, Ethan R. Fodde, Iosto Ferrari, Fabio |
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| contents | In this work, models of rubble pile binary secondaries are simulated in different spin states in a system similar in size and scale to Didymos-Dimorphos. The numerical modeling is performed in the N-body Chrono-based software GRAINS, which simulates gravity, contact, and friction forces acting on non-spherical mass elements. Tidal dissipation successfully emerges in the simulations as an aggregate of the effects of inter-element contact and friction across thousands of simulated mass elements. We devise computational techniques for simulating and studying such systems, establishing rigorous numerical procedures for computing tidal quantities of interest. We compute $Q/k_{2} \sim 71.6^{+99.6}_{-43.6}$ for the secondary, smaller than previously predicted ranges $10^{2} < Q/k_{2} < 10^{6}$, and thus a rather dissipative result. From our simulations, we observe non-classical variation of the tidal lag angle with the topographic longitude, and dependence of $Q/k_{2}$ on the rotation rate. Further study is required to see if the enhanced dissipativity holds with other geometries and regolith properties. |
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| spellingShingle | Exploring tidal dissipation in rubble pile binary secondaries using a discrete element model Burnett, Ethan R. Fodde, Iosto Ferrari, Fabio Earth and Planetary Astrophysics In this work, models of rubble pile binary secondaries are simulated in different spin states in a system similar in size and scale to Didymos-Dimorphos. The numerical modeling is performed in the N-body Chrono-based software GRAINS, which simulates gravity, contact, and friction forces acting on non-spherical mass elements. Tidal dissipation successfully emerges in the simulations as an aggregate of the effects of inter-element contact and friction across thousands of simulated mass elements. We devise computational techniques for simulating and studying such systems, establishing rigorous numerical procedures for computing tidal quantities of interest. We compute $Q/k_{2} \sim 71.6^{+99.6}_{-43.6}$ for the secondary, smaller than previously predicted ranges $10^{2} < Q/k_{2} < 10^{6}$, and thus a rather dissipative result. From our simulations, we observe non-classical variation of the tidal lag angle with the topographic longitude, and dependence of $Q/k_{2}$ on the rotation rate. Further study is required to see if the enhanced dissipativity holds with other geometries and regolith properties. |
| title | Exploring tidal dissipation in rubble pile binary secondaries using a discrete element model |
| topic | Earth and Planetary Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.09266 |