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color-period diagram

(means of comparing periods of stars at various wavelengths)

A color-period diagram is a graph plotting the rotation period of stars with their color index such as B-V (somewhat like an H-R diagram). It provides groundwork for the study of gyrochronology.


(color,stars,period,EMR,diagram,astrophysics)
Further reading:
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...733..115M/abstract
https://astrobites.org/2015/02/02/spinning-stars-as-stellar-clocks/
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015Natur.517..589M/abstract

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