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We use magnetograms of 8 solar analogues of ages 30~Myr to 3.6~Gyr obtained from Zeeman Doppler Imaging (ZDI) and taken from the literature, together with two solar magnetograms, to drive magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) wind simulations and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-11 Quentin Pognan , Cecilia Garraffo , Ofer Cohen , Jeremy J. Drake

The transfer of a star's angular momentum to its atmosphere is a topic of considerable and wide-ranging interest in astrophysics. This letter considers the effect of kinetic and magnetic turbulence on the solar wind's angular momentum. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-07 Rohit Chhiber , Arcadi Usmanov , William H. Matthaeus , Francesco Pecora

We simulate the effect of latitudinal variations in the location of star spots, as well as their magnetic field strength, on stellar angular momentum loss to the stellar wind. We use the Michigan solar corona global MagnetoHydroDynamic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-22 O. Cohen , J. J. Drake , V. L. Kashyap , T. I. Gombosi

Astronomical observation of stellar rotation suggests that at least the surface layers of the Sun have lost a substantial amount of the angular momentum that they possessed at the beginning of the main-sequence phase of evolution; and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 D. O. Gough

Solar-type stars, which shed angular momentum via magnetised stellar winds, enter the main sequence with a wide range of rotational periods $P_\text{rot}$. This initially wide range of rotational periods contracts and has mostly vanished by…

We develop new angular momentum evolution models for stars with masses of $0.5$ to $1.6~\rm M_\odot$ and from the pre-main-sequence (\rm PMS) through the end of their main-sequence (\rm MS) lifetime. The parametric models include magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-12 Leila Sadeghi Ardestani , Tristan Guillot , Pierre Morel

In this work, we simulate the evolution of the solar wind along its main sequence lifetime and compute its thermal radio emission. To study the evolution of the solar wind, we use a sample of solar mass stars at different ages. All these…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-17 D. Ó Fionnagáin , A. A. Vidotto , P. Petit , C. P. Folsom , S. V. Jeffers , S. C. Marsden , J. Morin , J. -D. do Nascimento

Stellar winds are believed to be the dominant factor in spin down of stars over time. However, stellar winds of solar analogs are poorly constrained due to the challenges in observing them. A great improvement has been made in the last…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Ofer Cohen , Jeremy J. Drake

Young and rapidly rotating stars are known for intense, dynamo generated magnetic fields. Spectropolarimetric observations of those stars in precisely aged clusters are key input for gyrochronology and magnetochronology. We use ZDI maps of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-19 Victor Réville , Colin P. Folsom , Antoine Strugarek , Allan Sacha Brun

The aim of this work is to investigate rotation profile of solar-like stars with magnetic fields. A diffusion coefficient of magnetic angular momentum transport is deduced. Rotating stellar models with different mass are computed under the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-23 Wuming Yang , Shaolan Bi

We examine the angular momentum loss and associated rotational spin-down for magnetic hot stars with a line-driven stellar wind and a rotation-aligned dipole magnetic field. Our analysis here is based on our previous 2-D numerical MHD…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Asif ud-Doula , Stanley P. Owocki , Richard H. D. Townsend

Observational data on rotation of Ap stars suggest that the bulk of their rotation rates form a separate Maxwellian distribution with an average value 3-4 times lower than the normal star distribution. No evidences for a significant angular…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 K. Stepien

Stellar winds are thought to be the main process responsible for the spin down of main-sequence stars. The extraction of angular momentum by a magnetized wind has been studied for decades, leading to several formulations for the resulting…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Victor Réville , Allan Sacha Brun , Sean Matt , Antoine Strugarek , Rui Pinto

We develop a model for the wind properties of cool main-sequence stars, which comprises their wind ram pressures, mass fluxes, and terminal wind velocities. The wind properties are determined through a polytropic magnetised wind model,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 V. Holzwarth , M. Jardine

This study examines the relationship between magnetic field complexity and mass and angular momentum losses. Observations of open clusters have revealed a bimodal distribution of the rotation periods of solar-like stars that has proven…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-15 Cecilia Garraffo , Jeremy J. Drake , Ofer Cohen

Aims: We study the evolution of stellar rotation and wind properties for low-mass main-sequence stars. Our aim is to use rotational evolution models to constrain the mass loss rates in stellar winds and to predict how their properties…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-21 C. P. Johnstone , M. Güdel , I. Brott , T. Lüftinger

The angular momentum of a star is an important astrophysical quantity related to its internal structure, formation and evolution. On average, helioseismology yields S = 1.92 10^41 kg m^2 s^-1 for the angular momentum of the Sun. We show how…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-11-25 Lorenzo Iorio

Stellar winds from active solar type stars can play a crucial role in removal of stellar angular momentum and erosion of planetary atmospheres. However, major wind properties except for mass loss rates cannot be directly derived from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-17 Vladimir S. Airapetian , Arcadi V. Usmanov

[Abridged] In order to explain the slow rotation observed in a large fraction of accreting pre-main-sequence stars (CTTSs), we explore the role of stellar winds in torquing down the stars. For this mechanism to be effective, the stellar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Sean Matt , Ralph E. Pudritz

Angular Momentum Loss is important for understanding astrophysical phenomena such as stellar rotation, magnetic activity, close binaries, and cataclysmic variables. Magnetic breaking is the dominant mechanism in the spin down of young…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-12 Cecilia Garraffo , Jeremy J. Drake , Ofer Cohen