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Differential rotation from light curves – FDL ...

Differential rotation from light curves – FDL 2020

Presentation for the FDL 2020 Heliophysics/Starspots team.

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Brett Morris

June 11, 2020
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  1. Challenges to measuring stellar differential rotation from light curves •

    The periodic signal we’re trying to measure only lasts one cycle, so harmonic analyses fail • Spot evolution and differential rotation are happening at the same time • We don’t know stellar inclinations in general