The terminal velocities of stellar winds from early-type stars

Details The terminal velocities of stellar winds from early-type stars The terminal velocities of stellar winds from early-type stars

Nov 1978

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978apj...225..893a&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 225, Nov. 1, 1978, p. 893-901.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Early Stars, Stellar Winds, Terminal Velocity, Ultraviolet Astronomy, Wind Velocity, A Stars, B Stars, Escape Velocity, O Stars, Oao 3, Radiation Pressure, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Mass Ejection, Wolf-Rayet Stars

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The terminal velocities of the stellar winds of 34 O, B, A, and Wolf-Rayet stars are empirically fitted by a relation stating that the velocity at infinity is roughly equal to 3 times the photospheric escape velocity. This result agrees with predictions from the theory of radiatively driven stellar winds. It occurs because to a good approximation the velocity law for an individual star can be derived by applying a homology transformation to the nondimensionalized equation of motion. A table of derived stellar parameters and flow velocities is presented for 65 stars whose wind velocities were measurable, using UV scans by Copernicus.

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