Cyclic fluctuations in the differential rotation of active stars

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Aug 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007hia....14..280p&link_type=abstract

Highlights of Astronomy, Volume 14, p. 280-281

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Stars: Magnetic Fields, Stars: Late-Type, Stars: Rotation

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Differential rotation is described in stellar dynamo models as one of the fundamental phenomena governing the amplification of magnetic fields in active stars.Using indirect imaging methods, the measurement of photospheric differential rotation is now achieved on a growing number of very active stars, a fraction of which exhibit temporal fluctuations of potentially large amplitude in their latitudinal shear, on a time-scale of a few years. I first describe the modeling tools on which such analysis is based, then discuss the implications of this observational work on our understanding of stellar dynamos and of the impact stellar magnetic fields may have on the dynamics of convective envelopes.

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