Competing effect of wind braking and interior coupling in the rotational evolution of solar-like stars

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Ratio of the wind braking timescale τ_wb (Eq. (5)) to the rotational coupling timescale τ_c for the same tracks shown in Fig. 5. The shaded area of the plot indicates the evolutionary phases during which wind braking (WB) is dominant over the rotational coupling (RC; see discussion in the text).

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