Speaker
Mr
Peter Nicol
(University of Johannesburg)
Description
I adapt a recent work by Zahn et al. on the shape of rapidly rotating stars to explore the degree of oblateness for uniform, differential and shellular rotation of the star. I also discuss the relation of these results to the classical Roche limit.
| Would you like to <br> submit a short paper <br> for the Conference <br> Proceedings (Yes / No)? | Yes |
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| Level (Hons, MSc, <br> PhD, other)? | other |
| Consider for a student <br> award (Yes / No)? | No |
Primary author
Mr
Peter Nicol
(University of Johannesburg)
Co-authors
Dr
Chris Engelbrecht
(University of Johannesburg)
Dr
Fabio Frescura
(U Witwatersrand)
