| Understanding how stars rotate is central to modeling their structure, formation and evolution, as well as understanding how they interact with their environment and companion stars. This lucid introduction to stellar rotation combines theory and observation, and includes all the latest developments in the field. Jean-Louis Tassoul, a leading authority on the subject, comprehensively surveys how the rotation of stars affects the structure and evolution of the Sun, single stars, and close binaries. This volume will greatly interest graduate students and researchers studying solar and stellar rotation and close binary systems. It will also appeal to those with a more general interest in solar and stellar physics, star formation, binary stars, and the hydrodynamics of rotating fluids--including geophysicists, planetary scientists, and plasma physicists. |
| Preface 1 Observational basis 1.1 Historical development 1.2 The Sun 1.3 Single stars 1.4 Close binaries 1.5 Bibliographical notes 2 Rotating fluids 2.1 Introduction 2.2 The equations of fluid motion 2.3 The vorticity equation 2.4 Reynolds stresses and eddy viscosities 2.5 Applications to the Earth's atmosphere 2.6 The wind-driven oceanic circulation 2.7 Barotropic and baroclinic instabilities 2.8 Self-gravitating fluid masses 2.9 Bibliographical notes 3 Rotating stars 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Basic concepts 3.3 Some tentative solutions 3.4 The dynamical instabilities 3.5 The thermal instabilities 3.6 The eddy-mean flow interaction 3.7 Bibliographical notes 4 Meridional circulation 4.1 Introduction 4.2 A frictionless solution 4.3 A consistent first-order solution 4.4 A consistent second-order solution 4.5 Meridional circulation in a cooling white dwarf 4.6 Meridional circulation in a close-binary component 4.7 Meridional circulation in a magnetic star 4.8 Discussion 4.9 Bibliographical notes 5 Solar rotation 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Differential rotation in the convection zone 5.3 Meridional circulation in the radiative core 5.4 Spin-down of the solar interior 5.5 Discussion 5.6 Bibliographical notes 6 The early-type stars 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Main-sequence models 6.3 Axial rotation along the upper main sequence 6.4 Circulation, rotation, and diffusion 6.5 Rotation of evolved stars 6.6 Bibliographical notes 7 The late-type stars 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Schatzman's braking mechanism 7.3 Rotation of T Tauri and cluster stars 7.4 Rotational evolution of low-mass stars 7.5 Bibliographical notes 8 Tidal interaction 8.1 Introduction 8.2 The tidal-torque mechanism 8.3 The resonance mechanism 8.4 The hydrodynamical mechanism 8.5 Contact binaries: The astrostrophic balance 8.6 Discussion 8.7 Bibliographical notes Epilogue Subject index Author index |
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