Abstract:Projected rotational velocities (vsini ) have been measured for a sample of 145 stars with masses between 0.4 and >10 M ⊙ (median mass 2.1 M ⊙ ) located in the Orion star-forming complex. These measurements have been supplemented with data from the literature for Orion stars with masses as low as 0.1 M ⊙ . The primary finding from analysis of these data is that the upper envelope of the observed values of angular momentum per unit mass (J/M) varies as M 0.25 for stars on convective tracks having masses in the … Show more
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