Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
May 1982
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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 256, May 15, 1982, p. 681-692.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Eddington Approximation, Stellar Luminosity, Stellar Mass Accretion, Stellar Winds, Adiabatic Conditions, Binary Stars, Electron Scattering, Neutron Stars, Optical Thickness, Quasars, Radiation Pressure, Radii, Stellar Spectra, Supercritical Flow, X Ray Sources
Scientific paper
A general analytic theory is presented of winds driven by super-Eddington luminosities. The relevant parameters are the mass of the central object, the radius at which the luminosity and matter are injected, the ratio of the free-fall time to the heating time at this radius, and the total luminosity injected at the radius. Several different regimes of dynamical wind structure are identified, and the analytic expressions are shown to agree with the numerical results in Meier (1979) in the appropriate case. It is noted that, in its general form, the theory is the optically thick (to electron scattering) counterpart to optically thin radiation pressure-driven stellar winds.
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