A Conceptual Analysis of Mass Loss and Frequency Redistribution in Wolf-Rayet Winds

Details A Conceptual Analysis of Mass Loss and Frequency Redistribution in Wolf-Rayet Winds A Conceptual Analysis of Mass Loss and Frequency Redistribution in Wolf-Rayet Winds

2007-07-12

arxiv.org/abs/0707.1834v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

2 pages, 1 figure, to be published in "Mass loss from stars and the evolution of stellar clusters". Proc. of a workshop held i

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To better understand Wolf-Rayet stars as progenitors of gamma-ray bursts, an understanding of the effect metallicity has on Wolf-Rayet mass loss is needed. Using simple analytic models, we study the Mdot - Z relation of a WN star and compare the results to similar models. We find that Mdot roughly follows a power law in Z with index 0.88 from -2.5 < log Z/Z_sun < -1 and appears to flatten by log Z/Z_sun ~ -0.5.

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