Angular Momentum Evolution of Young Low-Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs: Observations and Theory
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This chapter aims at providing the most complete review of both the emerging concepts and the latest observational results regarding the angular momentum evolution of young low-mass stars and brown dwarfs. In the time since Protostars & Planets V, there have been major developments in the availability of rotation period measurements at multiple ages and in different star-forming environments that are essential for testing theory. In parallel, substantial theoretical developments have been carried out in the last few years, including the physics of the star-disk interaction, numerical simulations of stellar winds, and the investigation of angular momentum transport processes in stellar interiors. This chapter reviews both the recent observational and theoretical advances that prompted the development of renewed angular momentum evolution models for cool stars and brown dwarfs. While the main observational trends of the rotational history of low mass objects seem to be accounted for by these new models, a number of critical open issues remain that are outlined in this review.
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Observations of young stellar clusters show that the Sun could have been born with a rotation rate between a few times and a few tens of times its current value.
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- Authors
- Bouvier, J., Matt, S. P., Mohanty, S., Scholz, A., Stassun, K. G., & Zanni, C.
- Affiliations
- University of Exeter (GB)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- Vanderbilt University (US)
- Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (IT)
- Venue
- Protostars and Planets VI
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Published
- 2014
- OpenAlex
- W1671364127
- Cited by
- 80
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- 20.00
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- arxiv.org
- Locations
- University of Arizona Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Open Research Exeter (University of Exeter) (publishedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
- Figshare (submittedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Funders
- Science and Technology Facilities Council (ST/K001051/1)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Instrumentation › Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
- Keywords
- angular momentum evolution, young low-mass stars, brown dwarfs, protostellar disks, stellar spin-up, accretion disks, protostars
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