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Anti-solar differential rotation

L. L. Kitchatinov, G. Ruediger

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0504173

Abstract

The differential rotation of anti-solar type detected by observations for several stars may result from a fast meridional flow. The sufficiently intensive meridional circulation may be caused by large-scale thermal inhomogeneities or, perhaps, by tidal forcing from a companion star. First results of simulations of the anti-solar rotation of a giant star with magnetically induced thermal inhomogeneities are presented. Perspectives for observational check of the theory are discussed.

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