The stellar Rotation vs. Age relation is commonly considered as a useful tool to derive reliable ages for Sun-like stars. However, in the light of \kepler\ data, the presence of apparently old and fast rotators that do not obey the usual gyrochronology relations led to the hypothesis of weakened magnetic breaking in some stars. In this letter, we constrain the solar rotation evolutionary track using solar twins. Predicted rotational periods as a function of mass, age, [Fe/H] and given critical Rossby number (Rocrit) were estimated for the entire rotational sample. Our analysis favors the smooth rotational evolution scenario and suggests that, if the magnetic weakened breaking scenario takes place at all, it should arise after Rocrit≳2.29 or ages ≳5.3 Gyr (at 95% confidence level).
@article{arxiv.1903.02630,
title = {Constraining the evolution of stellar rotation using solar twins},
author = {Diego Lorenzo-Oliveira and Jorge Meléndez and Jhon Yana Galarza and Geisa Ponte and Leonardo A. dos Santos and Lorenzo Spina and Megan Bedell and Iván Ramírez and Jacob L. Bean and Martin Asplund},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.02630},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
5 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS