Evolution of the tidal dissipation and the corresponding quality factor as a function of stellar mass and stellar age. Top left: evolution of the tidal dissipation as a function of time for M_⋆ = 1 M_⊙ and P_orb = 1 d. Top right: time evolution of the corresponding tidal quality factor. In green we plot the prescription developed in our work. Dashed green shows the simplified prescription for a thin convective envelope. The dashed black line shows the Barker & Ogilvie (2010) prescription. The dotted black line represents the Goodman & Dickson (1998) prescription. Bottom left: evolution of the tidal dissipation as a function of time for stellar masses (M_⋆) between 0.4 and 1.4 M_⊙, with P_orb = 1 d. Bottom right: time evolution of the corresponding tidal quality factor. The colored squares correspond to the ZAMS and the colored circles to the TAMS in each model. Double lines indicate the presence of a convective core. In this configuration, wave braking is unlikely to occur.