The structure of line-driven winds

DOI10.1051/0004-6361:20078236zbMATH Open1130.85322arXiv0709.1883OpenAlexW3101848733WikidataQ68854867 ScholiaQ68854867MaRDI QIDQ5437460FDOQ5437460

L. B. Lucy

Publication date: 21 January 2008

Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Following procedures pioneered by Castor, Abbott & Klein (1975, [CAK]), spherically-symmetric supersonic winds for O stars are computed for matching to plane-parallel moving reversing layers (RL's) from Paper I (Lucy 2007). In contrast to a CAK wind, each of these solutions is singularity-free, thus allowing its mass-loss rate to be fixed by the regularity condition at the sonic point within the RL. Moreover, information propagation in these winds by radiative-acoustic waves is everywhere outwardly-directed, justifying the implicit assumption in Paper I that transonic flows are unaffected by inwardly-directed wave motions.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0709.1883

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zbMATH Keywords

outflowsstars: windsstars: early-typestars: mass-loss

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Radiative transfer in astronomy and astrophysics (85A25) Galactic and stellar structure (85A15)

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