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weakened magnetic braking: a standalone construct

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weakenedmagnetic braking1 CONSTRUCTWeakened magneticVAN SADERS · ASTROPHYSICS

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Astrophysics

the proposal that stars past roughly middle age lose angular momentum much less efficiently than standard spin-down laws predict, keeping them faster rotators.

In astrophysics, weakened magnetic braking refers to the proposal that stars past roughly middle age lose angular momentum much less efficiently than standard spin-down laws predict, keeping them faster rotators. This meaning comes from van Saders (2016) in Nature.[1]

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  1. van Saders, J. L., Ceillier, T., Metcalfe, T. S., Aguirre, V. S., Pinsonneault, M. H., García, R. A., Mathur, S., & Davies, G. R. (2016). Weakened magnetic braking as the origin of anomalously rapid rotation in old field stars. Nature, 529(7585), 181-184. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature16168

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