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Shear-turbulence in rotating massive stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Eugene Staritsin
Eugene Staritsin*
Affiliation:
Astronomical Observatory, University of Ural, 51 Lenin St., Ekaterinburgh 620083, Russia

Abstract

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Shear-turbulence in a radiative envelopes of rotating main sequence massive stars transports angular momentum from the deeper layers to the stellar surface. This process enlarges the influence of rotation on the stellar radius. As a result, the width of the main sequence increases.

Type
Part 2. Models for single star evolution of massive stars: wind + atmosphere + interior
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 193: Wolf-Rayet Phenomena in Massive Stars and Starburst Galaxies , 1999 , pp. 260
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999 

References

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