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The angular momentum evolution of stars is crucial for understanding the formation and evolution of stars and star clusters. Using high-resolution magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) simulations of star formation in clouds with different physical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-12 Giacomo Cordoni , Sajay Sunny Mathew , Christoph Federrath

We investigate the rotation velocity of the first stars by modelling the angular momentum transfer in the primordial accretion disc.Assessing the impact of magnetic braking, we consider the transition in angular momentum transport mode at…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-03-14 Shingo Hirano , Volker Bromm

We compare the angular momentum extracted by a wind from a pre-main-sequence star to the torques arising from the interaction between the star and its Keplerian accretion disk. We find that the wind alone can counteract the spin-up torque…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Sean Matt , Ralph E. Pudritz

Context. As a star evolves, the planet orbits change with time due to tidal interactions, stellar mass losses, friction and gravitational drag forces, mass accretion and evaporation on/by the planet. Stellar rotation modifies the structure…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-15 Giovanni Privitera , Georges Meynet , Patrick Eggenberger , Aline A. Vidotto , Eva Villaver , Michele Bianda

We study the structure and evolution of the very early protostellar disk (``protodisk'') just after protostar formation, where disk self-gravity dominates and the stellar contribution is dynamically minor. The disk redistributes angular…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-05 Majd Noel , Rahul Khanna , Shahram Abbassi , Sami Dib , Shantanu Basu

We use TESS full-frame imaging data to investigate the angular momentum evolution of young stars in Orion Complex. We confirm recent findings that stars with rotation periods faster than 2 d are overwhelmingly binaries, with typical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-05 Marina Kounkel , Keivan G. Stassun , Lynne A. Hillenbrand , Jesús Hernández , Javier Serna , Jason Lee Curtis

We formulate a general, steady-state model for the torque on a magnetized star from a surrounding accretion disc. For the first time, we include the opening of dipolar magnetic field lines due to the differential rotation between the star…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Sean Matt , Ralph E. Pudritz

In this talk, we take a new look at the theory of disk locking, which assumes that an accreting protostar rids itself of accreted angular momentum through a magnetic coupling with the accretion disk. We consider that differential rotation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sean Matt , Ralph E. Pudritz

Star formation is thought to be triggered by the gravitational collapse of the dense cores of molecular clouds. Angular momentum conservation during the collapse results in the progressive increase of the centrifugal force, which eventually…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2009-03-11 Raquel Salmeron

With the discovery over the last two decades of a large diversity of exoplanetary systems, it is now of prime importance to characterize star-planet interactions and how such systems evolve. We address this question by studying systems…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-16 M. Benbakoura , V. Réville , A. S. Brun , C. Le Poncin-Lafitte , S. Mathis

Recent observations uncover various phenomena around the protostar such as misalignment between the outflow and magnetic field, precession of the jet, and time variability of the ejected clumps, whose origins are under debate. We perform a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-20 Shingo Hirano , Masahiro N. Machida

Magnetic interactions between a protostar and its accretion disc tend to induce warping in the disc and produce secular changes in the stellar spin direction, so that the spin axis may not always be perpendicular to the disc. This may help…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Francois Foucart , Dong Lai

Newly formed stars are often observed to possess circumstellar disks, from which mass continues to be accreted onto the star and fed into outflowing jets, and which eventually may evolve into dusty debris disks and planetary systems. Recent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Konigl

The presence of giant gaseous planets that reside in close proximity to their host stars may be a consequence of large-scale radial migration through the proto-planetary nebulae. Within the context of this picture, significant orbital…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Konstantin Batygin , Fred C. Adams

The stellar rotation has an essential role in modifying the structure of the star and, therefore, the way these different interplays arise. On the other hand, changes in orbits impact the star's rotation and its evolution. The evolution of…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-11 Thiago M. Santiago , Sarah G. A. Barbosa , Francisco J. Cavalcante , Daniel B. de Freitas

The turbulent environment from which stars form may lead to misalignment between the stellar spin and the remnant protoplanetary disk. By using hydrodynamic and magnetohydrodynamic simulations, we demonstrate that a wide range of stellar…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-09 Drummond B. Fielding , Christopher F. McKee , Aristotle Socrates , Andrew J. Cunningham , Richard I. Klein

The gas from which stars form is magnetized, and strong magnetic fields can efficiently transport angular momentum. Most theoretical models of this phenomenon find that it should prevent formation of large (>100 AU), rotationally-supported…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Mark R. Krumholz , Richard M. Crutcher , Charles L. H. Hull

A concordance model for angular momentum evolution has been developed by multiple investigators. This approach postulates that star forming regions and clusters are an evolutionary sequence which can be modeled with assumptions about the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-14 Carl T. Coker , Marc Pinsonneault , Donald M. Terndrup

Rotation is a key parameter in the evolution of stars. From 1 Myr (the age of the ONC) to 4.5 Gyr (the age of the Sun), solar-like stars lose about 1-2 orders of specific angular momentum. The main agents for this rotational braking are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Alexander Scholz

Star formation proceeds via the collapse of a molecular cloud core over multiple dynamical timescales. Turbulence within cores results in a spatially non-uniform angular momentum of the cloud, causing a stochastic variation in orientation…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Christopher Spalding , Konstantin Batygin , Fred C. Adams