Self-consistent 2D models of fast-rotating early-type stars

2012/12/31 by F. Espinosa Lara, M. Rieutord · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Differential rotation #Flare star #K-type main-sequence star #Rotation (mathematics) #Rotation period #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #Star (game theory) #Stars #Stellar evolution #Stellar rotation #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph.GA #astro-ph.HE #astro-ph.SR

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201220844

16 pages, 17 figures, to appear in Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Abstract

Aims. This work aims at presenting the first two-dimensional models of an isolated rapidly rotating star that include the derivation of the differential rotation and meridional circulation in a self-consistent way.

Citations

• ESTABLISHING α Oph AS A PROTOTYPE ROTATOR: IMPROVED ASTROMETRIC ORBIT
• ROTATIONALLY MODULATEDg-MODES IN THE RAPIDLY ROTATING δ SCUTI STAR RASALHAGUE (α OPHIUCHI)
• First Results from the CHARA Array VII: Long-Baseline Interferometric Measurements of Vega Consistent with a Pole-On, Rapidly Rotating Star
• Spin down of the core rotation in red giants

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