Table Of ContentSTELLAR ROTATION
JEAN-LOUIS TASSOUL
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
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Like the Earth and planets, stars rotate. Understanding how stars rotate is central
to modeling their structure, formation, and evolution and how they interact with
theirenvironmentandcompanionstars.Thisauthoritativevolumeprovidesalucid
introductiontostellarrotationandthedefinitivereferencetothesubject.Itcombines
theoryandobservationinacomprehensivesurveyofhowtherotationofstarsaffects
thestructureandevolutionoftheSun,singlestars,andclosebinaries.
Thistimelybookwillbeofprimaryinteresttograduatestudentsandresearchers
studying solar and stellar rotation and close binary systems. It will also appeal to
thosewithamoregeneralinterestinsolarandstellarphysics,starformation,binary
stars,andthehydrodynamicsofrotatingfluids–includinggeophysicists,planetary
scientists,andplasmaphysicists.
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STELLARROTATION
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Cambridgeastrophysicsseries
Serieseditors
AndrewKing,DouglasLin,StephenMaran,JimPringleandMartinWard
Titlesavailableinthisseries
7. SpectroscopyofAstrophysicalPlasmas
byA.DalgarnoandD.Layzer
10. QuasarAstronomy
byD.W.Weedman
17. MolecularCollisionsintheInterstellarMedium
byD.Flower
18. PlasmaLoopsintheSolarCorona
byR.J.Bray,L.E.Cram,C.J.DurrantandR.E.Loughhead
19. BeamsandJetsinAstrophysics
editedbyP.A.Hughes
20. TheObservationandAnalysisofStellarPhotospheres
byDavidF.Gray
21. AccretionPowerinAstrophysics2ndEdition
byJ.Frank,A.R.KingandD.J.Raine
22. Gamma-rayAstronomy2ndEdition
byP.V.RamanaMurthyandA.W.Wolfendale
23. TheSolarTransitionRegion
byJ.T.Mariska
24. SolarandStellarActivityCycles
byPeterR.Wilson
25. 3K:TheCosmicMicrowaveBackgroundRadiation
byR.B.Partridge
26. X-rayBinaries
byWalterH.G.Lewin,JanvanParadijsandEdwardP.J.vandenHeuvel
27. RRLyraeStars
byHoraceA.Smith
28. CataclysmicVariableStars
byBrianWarner
29. TheMagellanicClouds
byBengtE.Westerlund
30. GlobularClusterSystems
byKeithM.AshmanandStephenE.Zepf
31. PulsarAstronomy2ndEdition
byAndrewG.LyneandFrancisGraham-Smith
32. AccretionProcessesinStarFormation
byLeeW.Hartmann
33. TheOriginandEvolutionofPlanetaryNebulae
bySunKwok
34. SolarandStellarMagneticActivity
byCarolusJ.SchrijverandCornelisZwaan
35. TheGalaxiesoftheLocalGroup
bySidneyvandenBergh
36. StellarRotation
byJean-LouisTassoul
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STELLAR ROTATION
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This edition ' Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing) 2003
First published in printed format 2000
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Original ISBN 0 521 77218 4 hardback
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Tomywife
Monique
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Thereareepochsinthehistoryofeverygreatoperationandinthecourseofeveryun-
dertaking,towhichtheco-operationsofsuccessivegenerationsofmenhavecontributed
(...), when it becomes desirable to pause for a while, and, as it were, to take stock;
toreviewtheprogressmade,andestimatetheamountofworkdone:notsomuchfor
complacency,asforthepurposeofformingajudgementoftheefficiencyofthemethods
resorted to, to do it; and to lead us to inquire how they may yet be improved, if such
improvement be possible, to accelerate the furtherance of the object, or to ensure the
ultimateperfectionofitsattainments.Inscientific,nolessthaninmaterialandsocialun-
dertakings,suchpausesandre´sume´sareeminentlyuseful,andaresometimesforcedon
ourconsiderationsbyaconjunctureofcircumstanceswhichalmostofnecessityobliges
us to take a coup d’oeil of the whole subject, and make up our minds, not only as to
thevalidityofwhatisdone,butofthemannerinwhichithasbeendone,themethods
employed,andthedirectioninwhichwearehenceforthtoproceed,andprobabilityof
furtherprogress.∗
SirJohnHerschel(1792–1871)
∗ QuotedinHattonTurnor,AstraCastra–ExperimentsandAdventuresintheAtmosphere,p.v,London:
ChapmanandHall,1865.
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