Runaway Acceleration of Line-Driven Winds: the Role of the Outer Boundary

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2001-10-11

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0110287v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

10 pages, 1 figure. Accepted for publication in Astrophysical Journal

Scientific paper

10.1086/338034

Observations and theory suggest that line driven winds from hot stars and luminous accretion disks adopt a unique, critical solution which corresponds to maximum mass loss rate. We analyze the numerical stability of the infinite family of shallow wind solutions, which resemble solar wind breezes, and their transition to the critical wind. Shallow solutions are sub-critical with respect to radiative (or Abbott) waves. These waves can propagate upstream through shallow winds at high speeds. If the waves are not accounted for in the Courant time step, numerical runaway results. The outer boundary condition is equally important for wind stability. Assuming pure outflow conditions, as is done in the literature, triggers runaway of shallow winds to the critical solution or to accretion flow.

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