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The Evolution of the Sun’s Angular Momentum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

David R. Soderblom  and
John R. Stauffer
David R. Soderblom
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute,3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore MD 21218USA
John R. Stauffer
Affiliation:
NASA–Ames Research Center, Moffett Field CA 94035USA

Abstract

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We discuss the observational data that are available to illustrate the rotational history of the Sun, and those data that are particularly pertinent to the interiors of the Sun and stars.

Type
Part 4: Solar Cycle, Dynamo and Transport Processes
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 121: Inside the Sun , 1990 , pp. 403 - 413
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1990

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