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Magnetospheric Accretion in T Tauri Stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Philip J. Armitage*
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge CBS OH A, UK
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Present address:Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A7, Canada

Abstract

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Many, perhaps most, accreting T Tauri stars show evidence for magnetically dominated accretion flows near the stellar surface. I discuss the implications of this for the rotation rates and long-term photometric variability of T Tauri stars.

Type
Part 11. Young Stellar Objects
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1997

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