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Rotational Instabilities and Stellar Evolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 February 2017

Jean-Paul Zahn*
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Nice, Le Mont-Gros, 06300 - Nice, France

Abstract

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This review deals with the local instabilities arising when the effects of rotation are taken into account in the evolution of a non-magnetic star.

The Rayleigh and shear instabilities will be examined under the conditions prevailing in radiative zones where the effect of density stratification, thermal diffusion, viscosity and varying chemical composition must be taken into account. The possible consequences on the evolution of a star are finally outlined.

Type
Part VI Instability Mechanisms
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1974 

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