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Solar Spin-down

Solar Spin-Down is a theoretical construct in solar astrophysics denoting the gradual reduction in the Sun's angular momentum over time due to magnetized stellar wind torque, distinguishing it from other rotational evolution mechanisms by its reliance on magnetic braking as the primary dissipative process.

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Angular Momentum Transport in Magnetized Stellar Radiative Zones. II. The Solar Spin-down

Paul Charbonneau, K. B. MacGregor · The Astrophysical Journal · 1993 · 182 citations

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Solar rotation during the Maunder Minimum

John A. Eddy, Peter A. Gilman, Dorothy E. Trotter · Solar Physics · 1976 · 78 citations

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Secular resonance, solar spin down, and the orbit of Mercury

William R. Ward, G. Colombo, F. A. Franklin · Icarus · 1976 · 71 citations

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THE DEPENDENCE OF STELLAR MASS AND ANGULAR MOMENTUM LOSSES ON LATITUDE AND THE INTERACTION OF ACTIVE REGION AND DIPOLAR MAGNETIC FIELDS

Cecilia Garraffo, J. J. Drake, Ofer Cohen · The Astrophysical Journal · 2015 · 66 citations · Full text

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The Internal Solar Rotation in Its Spin-down History

G. Ruêdiger, L. L. Kitchatinov · The Astrophysical Journal · 1996 · 58 citations

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  1. JJ
    J. J. Drake

    Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, United States

    2 publications · 121 citations

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  2. RH
    R. H. Dicke

    Princeton University, United States

    2 publications · 46 citations

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  3. OC
    Ofer Cohen

    Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, United States

    2 publications · 121 citations

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  4. KB
    K. B. MacGregor

    NSF NCAR High Altitude Observatory, United States

    2 publications · 195 citations

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  5. GC
    G. Colombo

    Eni (Italy), Italy

    1 publications · 71 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    404 citations

  2. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

  3. Université Paris Cité

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    108 citations

  4. Délégation Paris 7

    Bagnolet, France

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    108 citations

  5. Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

    Cambridge, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    213 citations

  6. University of Illinois Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  7. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    234 citations

  8. Goddard Institute for Space Studies

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    26 citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 11 publications · 510 citations

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  2. Solar Physics

    1 publications · 78 citations

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  3. Journal of Plasma Physics

    1 publications · 27 citations

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  4. Nature

    1 publications · 26 citations

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  5. Icarus

    1 publications · 71 citations

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