Unravelling the Internal Physics of Stars that have Rotational Twists. This project aims to study a newly discovered class of astronomical objects — stars with rotational 'twists', whose insides and o

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Unravelling the Internal Physics of Stars that have Rotational Twists. This project aims to study a newly discovered class of astronomical objects — stars with rotational 'twists', whose insides and outsides rotate around different axes. These stars remain poorly understood, as they have only just been discovered. This project expects to observationally characterise and search for more such rotationally twisted stars, to describe their physical features, and to study the astrophysical implications of their internal rotational misalignment. In order to do so, this project will develop and deploy novel analysis techniques for measuring the internal structure and rotation of stars. This will qualitatively advance the state of the art in both the theory and observations of internal stellar rotation. . Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award. Field: 5101 - Astronomical Sciences. Lead: Dr Joel Ong