The line-driven instability in Sobolev approximation

Details The line-driven instability in Sobolev approximation The line-driven instability in Sobolev approximation

Apr 1998

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Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.332, p.245-250 (1998)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Stars: Early-Type, Hydrodynamics, Instabilities, Shock Waves

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Line-driven winds, e.g., of OB stars, are subject to a strong hydrodynamic instability. As a corollary to the comprehensive linear stability analysis performed by Owocki & Rybicki (1984), we present here a simplified derivation of the growth rates from applying a second order Sobolev approximation. This is applicable for perturbation wavelengths larger than the Sobolev length, and covers the physically most interesting regime of perturbations which can develop into strong reverse shocks, and heat the gas to X-ray temperatures. Since the usual WKB approximation is not applied, we furthermore find the existence of a limiting wavelength beyond which perturbances do not grow, but instead decay.

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