Journal article
Accretion-powered Stellar Winds. III. Spin-Equilibrium Solutions
Abstract
We compare the stellar wind torque calculated in a previous work (Paper II) to the spin-up and spin-down torques expected to arise from the magnetic interaction between a slowly rotating (~10% of breakup) pre-main-sequence star and its accretion disk. This analysis demonstrates that stellar winds can carry off orders of magnitude more angular momentum than can be transferred to the disk, provided that the mass outflow rates are substantially …
Authors
Matt S; Pudritz RE
Journal
The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 681, No. 1, pp. 391–399
Publisher
American Astronomical Society
Publication Date
July 2008
DOI
10.1086/587453
ISSN
0004-637X