The Rotation of Sun and Stars

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rozelot, Jean-Pierre (Editor), Neiner, Coralie (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 765
• Subjects: Physics.; Geophysics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astrophysics.; Space sciences.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.

The Sun and stars rotate in different ways and at different rates of velocity, and knowledge of how they rotate is important in understanding the formation and evolution of stars and their structure. The wide variety of stars offers an equally wide variety of rotation rates and rotational evolution....