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Celestial objects, from earth like planets to clusters of galaxies, possess angular momentum and magnetic fields. Here we compare the rotational and magnetic energies of a whole range of these celestial objects together with their…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-02-12 C. Sivaram , Kenath Arun

We calculate the angular momentum transport by gravito-inertial-Alfv\'en waves and show that, so long as prograde and retrograde gravity waves are excited to roughly the same amplitude, the sign of angular momentum deposit in the radiative…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Pawan Kumar , Suzanne Talon , Jean-Paul Zahn

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

We examine the generation of gravity waves by the surface convection zone of low-mass main sequence stars with solar metallicity. It is found that the total momentum luminosity in waves rises with stellar mass, up to the quasi-disappearance…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-19 Suzanne Talon , Corinne Charbonnel

Gravitational field of stars of the Galaxy causes additional motions of images of extragalactic sources. For typical realization of stars this results in a small rotation of extragalactic reference frame in the direction of Galactic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. I. Zhdanov , E. V. Fedorova , A. N. Alexandrov

Angular momentum transport is a fundamental process shaping the structure, evolution, and lifespans of stars and disks across a wide range of astrophysical systems. Be stars offer a valuable environment for studying viscous transport of…

The angular momentum of dark matter haloes controls their spin magnitude and orientation, which in turn influences the galaxies therein. However, the process by which dark matter haloes acquire angular momentum is not fully understood; in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-24 Corentin Cadiou , Andrew Pontzen , Hiranya V. Peiris

It is shown that, contrary to what is normally expected, it is possible to have angular momentum effects on the geometry of space time at the laboratory scale, much bigger than the purely Newtonian effects. This is due to the fact that the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-12-17 A. Tartaglia

Modern observations and models of various astrophysical objects suggest that many of their physical parameters fluctuate substantially at different spatial scales. The rich variety of the emission processes, including Transition Radiation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-10-02 Gregory D. Fleishman , Dale E. Gary , Gelu M. Nita

Stellar winds may be important for angular momentum transport from accreting T Tauri stars, but the nature of these winds is still not well-constrained. We present some simulation results for hypothetical, hot (~1e6 K) coronal winds from T…

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

Radiation from a localized, oscillating charge distribution can have angular momentum that cannot be explained in classical electrodynamics. We consider the simplest example -- electric dipole radiation of a single photon -- and show that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-13 Peter W. Milonni , G. Jordan Maclay

Stellar winds govern the angular momentum evolution of solar-like stars throughout their main-sequence lifetime. The efficiency of this process depends on the geometry of the star's magnetic field. There has been a rapid increase recently…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-11 Moira Jardine , Aline Vidotto , Victor See

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

Magnetars have already been a potential candidate as gravitational wave sources that could be detected by current and future terrestrial as well as ground based gravitational wave detectors. In this article, we focus on the gravitational…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-11-22 Sourav Roy Chowdhury , Maxim Khlopov

The asymmetry in the time delay for light rays propagating on opposite sides of a spinning body is analyzed. A frequency shift in the perceived signals is found. A practical procedure is proposed for evidencing the asymmetry, allowing for a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-11-09 Angelo Tartaglia , Matteo Luca Ruggiero

The transverse beam pattern, usually observed in experiment, is a result of averaging the optical-frequency oscillations of the electromagnetic field distributed over the beam cross section. An analytical criterion is derived that these…

Optics · Physics 2015-05-13 A. Ya. Bekshaev

The orbital angular momentum of individual stars in galactic discs can be permanently changed through torques from transient spiral patterns. Interactions at the corotation resonance dominate these changes and have the further property of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-01-26 Kathryne J. Daniel , Rosemary F. G. Wyse

Neutron stars such as pulsars and magnetars lose angular momentum primarily through electromagnetic dipole radiation, gravitational waves, $r$-mode oscillation, and also affected by fallback accretion processes. However, anomalous spin…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-29 Indra Kumar Banerjee , Sandeep Chatterjee , Biswarup Das , Ujjal Kumar Dey

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

The orbital angular momentum (OAM) of light is potentially interesting for astronomical study of rotating objects such as black holes, but the effect of reduced spatial coherence of astronomical light sources such as stars is largely…

Optics · Physics 2014-12-03 D. Hetharia , M. P. van Exter , W. Löffler