THE PAST AND FUTURE HISTORY OF REGULUS

We show how the recent discovery of a likely close white dwarf companion to the well-known star Regulus, one of the brightest stars in the sky, leads to considerable insight into the prior evolutionary history of this star, including the cause of its current rapid rotation. We infer a relatively nar...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Principais autores: Podsiadlowski, Ph., Horev, I., Rappaport, Saul A
Outros Autores: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:en_US
Publicado em: American Astronomical Society 2010
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/52651
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3182-5569