Physics of rotation in stellar models
Astrophysics
2009-11-13 v1
Abstract
In these lecture notes, we present the equations presently used in stellar interior models in order to compute the effects of axial rotation. We discuss the hypotheses made. We suggest that the effects of rotation might play a key role at low metallicity.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0801.2944,
title = {Physics of rotation in stellar models},
author = {Georges Meynet},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.2944},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
32 pages, 7 figures, lectures, CNRS school, will be published by Springer