THE PAST AND FUTURE HISTORY OF REGULUS

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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Main Authors: Podsiadlowski, Ph (Author), Horev, I. (Author), Rappaport, Saul A (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor), Rappaport, Saul A. (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Astronomical Society, 2010-03-17T14:36:16Z.
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