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arxiv: astro-ph/0509173 · v1 · submitted 2005-09-07 · 🌌 astro-ph

Achernar Can be a Differential Rotator

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keywords rotatorachernardifferentialinternaladvantageconclusioncorecorrected
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We take advantage of interferometric measurements of Achernar to inquire on its internal rotational law. The reinterpretation of interferome-tric data and the use of fundamental parameters corrected for gravitational darkening effects and models of 2D-models of internal stellar structures, lead us to the conclusion that the star could not be a rigid, near critical, rotator but a differential rotator with the core rotating $\sim3$ times faster than the surface.

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