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Jan 1982
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982apj...252..322w&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 252, Jan. 1, 1982, p. 322-336.
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Angular Momentum, B Stars, Early Stars, O Stars, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Rotation, Binary Stars, Magnetic Effects, Main Sequence Stars, Milky Way Galaxy, Peculiar Stars, Stellar Magnetic Fields, Stellar Mass Accretion, Stellar Mass Ejection, Velocity Distribution
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A description is presented of the results of measurements which were undertaken to determine the degree of similarity between the distribution of v sin i for the early B-type stars and the corresponding values for other groups of main-sequence stars of spectral types O-F0. The distribution of rotational velocities is discussed. It is found that the distribution of v sin i is essentially similar all along the main sequence from spectral types O to A5. Implications of the observed distribution of v sin i are considered. The similarity of these distributions for various spectral groups is found to suggest that the same physics is involved in determining the rotational velocity distribution of all early-type stars, independent of their mass. Mechanisms proposed to account for the slowly rotating stars are examined, and an investigation is conducted regarding the origin of rotational angular momentum.
Edwards S. S.
Preston George W.
Wolff Sidney C.
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