Rotation of planet-harbouring stars
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
2018-12-05 v1 Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Abstract
The rotation rate of a star has important implications for the detectability, characterisation and stability of any planets that may be orbiting it. This chapter gives a brief overview of stellar rotation before describing the methods used to measure the rotation periods of planet host stars, the factors affecting the evolution of a star's rotation rate, stellar age estimates based on rotation, and an overview of the observed trends in the rotation properties of stars with planets.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1708.04449,
title = {Rotation of planet-harbouring stars},
author = {P. F. L. Maxted},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.04449},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
16 pages, 4 figures: Invited review to appear in 'Handbook of Exoplanets', Springer Reference Works, edited by Hans J. Deeg and Juan Antonio Belmonte