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Anti-solar differential rotation

Astrophysics 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

The differential rotation of anti-solar type detected by observations for several stars may result from a fast meridional flow. The sufficiently intensive meridional circulation may be caused by large-scale thermal inhomogeneities or, perhaps, by tidal forcing from a companion star. First results of simulations of the anti-solar rotation of a giant star with magnetically induced thermal inhomogeneities are presented. Perspectives for observational check of the theory are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0504173,
  title  = {Anti-solar differential rotation},
  author = {L. L. Kitchatinov and G. Ruediger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0504173},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

5 pages, 6 figures, Astron. Nachr. 325, 496 (2004)

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