Ionization and thermal equilibrium models for O star winds based on time-independent radiation-driven wind theory

Details Ionization and thermal equilibrium models for O star winds based on time-independent radiation-driven wind theory Ionization and thermal equilibrium models for O star winds based on time-independent radiation-driven wind theory

Oct 1989

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989apjs...71..267d&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (ISSN 0067-0049), vol. 71, Oct. 1989, p. 267-291.

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O Stars, Plasma Equilibrium, Stellar Models, Stellar Winds, Thermodynamic Equilibrium, Absorption Spectra, Dynamic Models, Equilibrium Equations, Photoionization, Stellar Luminosity

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Ab initio ionization and thermal equilibrium models are calculated for the winds of O stars using the results of steady state radiation-driven wind theory to determine the input parameters. Self-consistent methods are used for the roles of H, He, and the most abundant heavy elements in both the statistical and the thermal equilibrium. The model grid was chosen to encompass all O spectral subtypes and the full range of luminosity classes. Results of earlier modeling of O star winds by Klein and Castor (1978) are reproduced and used to motivate improvements in the treatment of the hydrogen equilibrium. The wind temperature profile is revealed to be sensitive to gross changes in the heavy element abundances, but insensitive to other factors considered such as the mass-loss rate and velocity law. The reduced wind temperatures obtained in observing the luminosity dependence of the Si IV lambda 1397 wind absorption profile are shown to eliminate any prospect of explaining the observed O VI lambda 1036 line profiles in terms of time-independent radiation-driven wind theory.

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