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Possibilities and Attempts to Determine the Differential Rotation on F-Type Main-Sequence Stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

Hubertus Wöhl*
Affiliation:
Kiepenheuer-Institut für Sonnenphysik Schöneckstraße 6, D-7800 Freiburg Federal Republic of Germany

Abstract

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A preliminary analysis of spectral lines by Fourier transformation was used to determine upper limits of differential rotation for 11 F-type stars, mainly from the main-sequence. No evidence for a much steeper differential rotation on these stars than on the Sun could be found.

Type
II. Rotation — Activity — Cycle — Age Connection: Observations
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1983 

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