Fast core rotation in red-giant stars as revealed by gravity-dominated mixed modes

Nature

Volumn 481, Issue 7379, 2012, Pages 55-57

  Beck, Paul G ^a   Montalban, Josefina ^b   Kallinger, Thomas ^a,c   De Ridder, Joris ^a   Aerts, Conny ^a,d   García, Rafael A ^e   Hekker, Saskia ^f,g   Dupret, Marc Antoine ^b   Mosser, Benoit ^h   Eggenberger, Patrick ⁱ   Stello, Dennis ^j   Elsworth, Yvonne ^g   Frandsen, Søren ^k   Carrier, Fabien ^a   Hillen, Michel ^a   Gruberbauer, Michael ^l   Christensen Dalsgaard, Jørgen ^k   Miglio, Andrea ^g   Valentini, Marica ^b   Bedding, Timothy R ^j   Kjeldsen, Hans ^k   Girouard, Forrest R ^m   Hall, Jennifer R ^m   Ibrahim, Khadeejah A ^m   more..

^a KU LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^e CEA SACLAY   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^h CNRS   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DE GENÈVE   (Switzerland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^k AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^l SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^m NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; CORE (PLANETARY); COSMOLOGY; GRAVITY FIELD; HYDROGEN; ROTATION;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; GRAVITY; MODEL; OSCILLATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; VELOCITY;

EID: 84855467708     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10612     Document Type: Article

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