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Stellar Rotation Evolution

Stellar Rotation Evolution is a theoretical construct in astrophysics that describes the changes in a star's angular velocity during the pre-main-sequence phase, distinguishing itself from other stellar evolutionary processes by focusing specifically on the developmental trajectory of rotational dynamics under the influence of accretion, magnetic braking, and angular momentum redistribution.

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Rotating massive main-sequence stars

I. Brott, S. E. de Mink, Matteo Cantiello et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2011 · 873 citations · Full text

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Presupernova Evolution of Differentially Rotating Massive Stars Including Magnetic Fields

Alexander Heger, S. E. Woosley, H. C. Spruit · The Astrophysical Journal · 2005 · 870 citations · Full text

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Grids of stellar models with rotation - I. Models from 0.8 to 120 Msun at solar metallicity (Z = 0.014)

Sylvia Ekström, C. Georgy, P. Eggenberger et al. · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2011 · 843 citations · Full text

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Studies of Stellar Rotation. V. The Dependence of Rotation on Age among Solar-Type Stars

Robert P. Kraft · The Astrophysical Journal · 1967 · 789 citations

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On the Rotational Evolution of Solar‐ and Late‐Type Stars, Its Magnetic Origins, and the Possibility of Stellar Gyrochronology

Sydney A. Barnes · The Astrophysical Journal · 2003 · 702 citations · Full text

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    G. Meynet

    University of Geneva, Switzerland

    47 publications · 5K citations

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    A. Maeder

    Global Social Observatory, Switzerland

    33 publications · 4.1K citations

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  3. NL
    N. Langer

    University of Bonn, Germany

    22 publications · 4K citations

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    Marc H. Pinsonneault

    The Ohio State University, United States

    19 publications · 3.2K citations

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  5. CC
    C. Charbonnel

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    21 publications · 1.9K citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    51 h-index

    347 publications

    22.4K citations

  2. University of Geneva

    Geneva, Switzerland

    38 h-index

    182 publications

    14.7K citations

  3. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    38 h-index

    129 publications

    12K citations

  4. Université Paris Cité

    Paris, France

    35 h-index

    99 publications

    9.7K citations

  5. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    31 h-index

    80 publications

    6K citations

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

    Paris, France

    29 h-index

    72 publications

    5.7K citations

  7. Astrophysique, Instrumentation et Modélisation

    Gif-sur-Yvette, France

    28 h-index

    68 publications

    5.5K citations

  8. Space Telescope Science Institute

    Baltimore, United States

    28 h-index

    46 publications

    4.2K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 298 publications · 24.4K citations

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  2. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    196 publications · 15.1K citations

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  3. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    132 publications · 7.3K citations

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  4. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 48 publications · 3.4K citations

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  5. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)

    Repository · 30 publications · 1.9K citations

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