Gravity darkening in rotating stars

F. Espinosa Lara, M. Rieutord

Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2011 · 265 citations · 17 references

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Abstract

Context. Interpretation of interferometric observations of rapidly rotating stars requires a good model of their surface effective temperature. Until now, laws of the form have been used, but they are only valid for slowly rotating stars.

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