Are the spin axes of stars randomly aligned within a cluster?

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 402, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1380-1390

  Jackson, R J ^a   Jeffries, R D ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Methods: statistical; Open clusters and associations: individual: Alpha Per; Open clusters and associations: individual: Pleiades; Stars: formation

Indexed keywords

MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AXIS ALIGNMENT; METHODS:STATISTICAL; OPEN CLUSTER AND ASSOCIATION: INDIVIDUAL: ALPHA PER; OPEN CLUSTER AND ASSOCIATION: INDIVIDUAL: PLEIADE; OPEN CLUSTERS AND ASSOCIATION: INDIVIDUAL; PLEIADES; SPIN VECTORS; SPIN-AXIS; STARS FORMATION;

STARS;

EID: 77949334478     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15983.x     Document Type: Article

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