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Stellar Angular Momentum

Stellar Angular Momentum is the rotational analogue of linear momentum in stars, defined as the product of a star's moment of inertia and its angular velocity, accounting for the distribution and motion of stellar mass about its axis of rotation.

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MODULES FOR EXPERIMENTS IN STELLAR ASTROPHYSICS (MESA): PLANETS, OSCILLATIONS, ROTATION, AND MASSIVE STARS

Bill Paxton, Matteo Cantiello, Phil Arras et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 2013 · 3.5K citations · Full text

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The Evolution of Viscous Discs and the Origin of the Nebular Variables

D. Lynden–Bell, J. E. Pringle · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 1974 · 2.7K citations · Full text

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The formation of galactic discs

H. J. Mo, Shude Mao, S. D. M. White · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 1998 · 2.2K citations · Full text

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On the tidal interaction between protoplanets and the protoplanetary disk. III - Orbital migration of protoplanets

D. N. C. Lin, J. C. B. Papaloizou · The Astrophysical Journal · 1986 · 1.1K citations

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A mechanism for orbital period modulation in close binaries

James H. Applegate · The Astrophysical Journal · 1992 · 1K citations

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    S. Mathis

    Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, France

    23 publications · 1.7K citations

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  2. GM
    G. Meynet

    University of Geneva, Switzerland

    26 publications · 1.9K citations

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  3. PE
    P. Eggenberger

    University of Geneva, Switzerland

    22 publications · 970 citations

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  4. CC
    C. Charbonnel

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    18 publications · 934 citations

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  5. AM
    A. Maeder

    Global Social Observatory, Switzerland

    17 publications · 1.6K citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    55 h-index

    390 publications

    28.5K citations

  2. Université Paris Cité

    Paris, France

    39 h-index

    158 publications

    13K citations

  3. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    39 h-index

    102 publications

    13.3K citations

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

    Paris, France

    37 h-index

    103 publications

    8.8K citations

  5. CEA Paris-Saclay

    Gif-sur-Yvette, France

    36 h-index

    96 publications

    8.6K citations

  6. Astrophysique, Instrumentation et Modélisation

    Gif-sur-Yvette, France

    36 h-index

    93 publications

    7.9K citations

  7. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    34 h-index

    85 publications

    10.3K citations

  8. Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

    Heidelberg, Germany

    32 h-index

    87 publications

    4.9K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 388 publications · 38.5K citations

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    285 publications · 27.5K citations

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    175 publications · 12K citations

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  4. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 46 publications · 3.1K citations

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  5. The Astrophysical Journal Letters

    33 publications · 2.6K citations

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