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This paper reviews the rotation of T Tauri stars. It summarizes the results of a complete bibliographical survey of all photometric and spectroscopic data available in connection with rotation studies of these stars. It is shown that T Tauri stars are slow rotators. More than half of the stars in the sample have been found to have v sin i < 25 km/s.
Furthermore, the histogram for the photometric periods of rotation is clearly bimodal, with a peak at approximately 3 days and another at around 8 days.
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Machado, L.J.R., Lago, M.T.V.T., Lima, J.J.G. (1999). Rotation of T Tauri Stars Revisited. In: Lago, M.T.V.T., Blanchard, A. (eds) The Non-Sleeping Universe. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4497-1_17
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