The extension of OB star winds to lower luminosities

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Feb 1982

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters to the Editor, vol. 253, Feb. 1, 1982, p. L39-L42.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

45

B Stars, O Stars, Stellar Luminosity, Stellar Mass, Stellar Winds, Line Spectra, Oao 3, Silicon, Ultraviolet Spectra

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Mass loss rates for a number of early-to-mid-B main-sequence stars are compared with extrapolations of recently derived empirical correlations between M and stellar parameters for luminous OB stars. The order of magnitude of the rates for the B stars is consistent with a simple dependence on luminosity over the range from Of to mid-B, and is not consistent with previously derived correlations involving a dependence on mass or radius, which implies that luminosity is the dominant factor in driving the mass loss throughout the range of spectral types from mid-B main-sequence to Of. The winds in Be stars may represent a straightforward extension of the OB wind phenomenon to lower luminosities, and there appears to be no significant difference between B and Be stars in terms of their wind characteristics.

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