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astro-ph.EP2014★ 30 cited
Alignment of Protostars and Circumstellar Disks During the Embedded Phase
Christopher Spalding, Konstantin Batygin, Fred C. Adams
Star formation proceeds via the collapse of a molecular cloud core over multiple dynamical timescales. Turbulence within cores results in a spatially non-uniform angular momentum o…
astro-ph.EP2014★ 77 cited
Early Excitation of Spin-Orbit Misalignments in Close-in Planetary Systems
Christopher Spalding, Konstantin Batygin
Continued observational characterization of transiting planets that reside in close proximity to their host stars has shown that a substantial fraction of such objects posses orbit…