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Angular momentum transport by internal magnetic fields is an important ingredient for stellar interior models. In this paper we critically examine the basic heuristic assumptions in the model of the Tayler-Spruit dynamo, which describes how…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Pavel A. Denissenkov , Marc Pinsonneault

Asteroseismology has become a powerful tool to study the internal rotation of stars, and its study allows to constrain the internal AM transport processes and better understand their physical nature. In this context, we compared the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-17 Jérôme Bétrisey , Patrick Eggenberger , Gaël Buldgen , Othman Benomar , Michaël Bazot

Whenever stars are rotating very fast (Omega/Omega_crit > 0.7, with Omega_crit the Keplerian angular velocity of the star accounting for its deformation) radiative stellar winds are enhanced in polar regions. This theoretical prediction is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Cyril Georgy , Georges Meynet , André Maeder

Core rotation rates of red-giant stars inferred from asteroseismic observations are substantially lower than predicted by current stellar models. This indicates the lack of an efficient angular momentum transport mechanism in radiative…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-23 Beatriz Bordadágua , Felix Ahlborn , Quentin Coppée , João P. Marques , Kévin Belkacem , Saskia Hekker

The rotation of horizontal branch stars places important constraints on angular momentum evolution in evolved stars and therefore rotational mixing on the giant branch. Prompted by new observations of rotation rates of horizontal branch…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. Sills , M. Pinsonneault

Seismic observations by the space-borne mission \emph{Kepler} have shown that the core of red giant stars slows down while evolving, requiring an efficient physical mechanism to extract angular momentum from the inner layers. Current…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 K. Belkacem , J. P. Marques , M. J. Goupil , T. Sonoi , R. M. Ouazzani , M. A. Dupret , S. Mathis , B. Mosser , M. Grosjean

We show here that the rotation period data in open clusters allow the empirical determination of an expression for the rate of loss of angular momentum from cool stars on the main sequence. One significant component of the expression, the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Sydney A. Barnes , Yong-Cheol Kim

Context: The internal characteristics of stars, such as their core rotation rates, are obtained via asteroseismic observations. A comparison of core rotation rates found in this way with core rotation rates as predicted by stellar evolution…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-26 J. W. den Hartogh , P. Eggenberger , S. Deheuvels

Rotation and mass loss are crucially interlinked properties of massive stars, strongly affecting their evolution and ultimate fate. Massive stars rotating near their breakup limit shed mass centrifugally, creating Be stars with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-06 Xihui Zhao , Jim Fuller

Some contracting or expanding stars are thought to host a large-scale magnetic field in their radiative interior. By interacting with the contraction-induced flows, such fields may significantly alter the rotational history of the star.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-18 B. Gouhier , L. Jouve , F. Lignières

Internal waves propagating in stellar radiative zones can lead to efficient angular momentum transport, that should occur throughout the whole lifetime of stars. They thus play a key role in shaping the internal rotation profile of these…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-08 Q. André , S. Mathis , L. Amard

The rotation powered pulsar loses angular momentum at a rate of the rotation power divided by the angular velocity $\Omega_*$. This means that the length of the lever arm of the angular momentum extracted by the photons, relativistic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-11 Shinpei Shibata , Shota Kisaka

Observations of the rotation rates of horizontal branch (HB) stars show puzzling systematics. In particular, cooler HB stars often show rapid rotation (with velocities in excess of 10 km/s), while hotter HB stars typically show much smaller…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Steven D. Kawaler , Shelbi R. Hostler

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 present theoretical models of the angular momentum evolution of very low mass stars (0.1 - 0.5 M_sun) and solar analogues (0.6 - 1.1 M_sun). We investigate the effect of rotation on the effective temperature and luminosity of these…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-28 Alison Sills , M. H. Pinsonneault , D. M. Terndrup

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

The rotation rates in the deep interior and at the surface of 22 main-sequence stars with masses between $1.0$ and $1.6\,{\rm M}_{\odot}$ are constrained by combining asteroseismological analysis with spectroscopic measurements. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-06 O. Benomar , M. Takata , H. Shibahashi , T. Ceillier , R. A. Garcia

Rotation in massive stars has been studied on the main sequence and during helium burning for decades, but only recently have realistic numerical simulations followed the transport of angular momentum that occurs during more advanced stages…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Heger , S. E. Woosley , N. Langer , H. C. Spruit

Angular momentum plays a crucial role in the formation of stars and planets. It has long been noticed that parcels of gas in molecular clouds need to reduce their specific angular momentum by 6 to 7 orders of magnitude to participate in the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-15 Arnaud Belloche

The transport of angular momentum (AM) and chemical elements within evolving stars remains poorly understood. Recent observations showed that the radiative cores of low mass main sequence stars and red giants rotate orders of magnitude…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-27 Domenico G. Meduri , Laurène Jouve , François Lignières