Open AccessLosing spin: the angular momentum problem
Author(s) -
Ray Tom
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
astronomy & geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.168
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1468-4004
pISSN - 1366-8781
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53519.x
Subject(s) - angular momentum , physics , spin (aerodynamics) , astronomy , quantum electrodynamics , classical mechanics , thermodynamics
L eon M estel : Tom Ray reviews the tricky problem of angular momentum in the birth and subsequent evolution of stars. How do they get it and, especially, how do they lose it?