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Solar Rotation

Solar Rotation is the differential rotation of the Sun's plasma about its axis, characterized by varying angular velocities at different latitudes and depths, distinguishing it from rigid-body rotation observed in solid celestial bodies.

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The Angular Momentum of the Solar Wind

E. J. Weber, Jr. Davis Leverett · The Astrophysical Journal · 1967 · 1.4K citations

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Helioseismic Studies of Differential Rotation in the Solar Envelope by the Solar Oscillations Investigation Using the Michelson Doppler Imager

J. Schou, H. M. Antia, Sarbani Basu et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 1998 · 999 citations

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A Magneto-Kinematic Model of the Solar Cycle

Robert B. Leighton · The Astrophysical Journal · 1969 · 895 citations

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THE STELLAR-ACTIVITY-ROTATION RELATIONSHIP AND THE EVOLUTION OF STELLAR DYNAMOS

N. J. Wright, J. J. Drake, Eric E. Mamajek et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 2011 · 865 citations · Full text

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On the detection of an effect of rotation during eclipse in the velocity of the brigher component of beta Lyrae, and on the constancy of velocity of this system.

R. A. Rossiter · The Astrophysical Journal · 1924 · 838 citations

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    Peter A. Gilman

    NSF NCAR High Altitude Observatory, United States

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    J. Schou

    Stanford University, United States

    27 publications · 3.9K citations

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    R. Howe

    National Solar Observatory, United States

    25 publications · 3.6K citations

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    Juri Toomre

    Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, United States

    24 publications · 4.1K citations

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    M. J. Thompson

    Stanford University, United States

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  1. NSF NCAR High Altitude Observatory

    Boulder, United States

    51 h-index

    150 publications

    11K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    46 h-index

    308 publications

    21.6K citations

  3. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    43 h-index

    114 publications

    14.1K citations

  4. National Solar Observatory

    Boulder, United States

    41 h-index

    137 publications

    12.1K citations

  5. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    41 h-index

    126 publications

    8.8K citations

  6. Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives

    Paris, France

    38 h-index

    108 publications

    10.7K citations

  7. Université Paris Cité

    Paris, France

    37 h-index

    155 publications

    13.6K citations

  8. Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research

    Göttingen, Germany

    37 h-index

    231 publications

    17.1K citations

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  3. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 120 publications · 8.1K citations

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  4. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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  5. Solar Physics

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