Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
May 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990ap%26ss.167....1y&link_type=abstract
Astrophysics and Space Science (ISSN 0004-640X), vol. 167, no. 1, May 1990, p. 1-11.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Late Stars, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Stellar Winds, Cool Stars, Solar Wind, Stellar Mass Ejection, Stellar Temperature
Scientific paper
Because late-type stellar wind has low temperature, massive outflow, and high terminal velocity, theoretical models of thermal pressure or radiation pressure cannot explain the acceleration of late-type stellar wind. Energy damping of Alfven wave in stellar winds is small, and Alfven wave is perhaps the driving force of late-type stellar wind if the wave energy-flux is large enough. After theoretical analysis and numerical calculation, various velocity distributions are obtained by taking various wave energy-fluxes in reliable range, the terminal velocities accord with observations. If late-type stellar winds are driven by thermal pressure, the temperature is higher that acceptable. The results of Alfven wave driving winds also indicate that massive stellar winds need large energy flux and acceleration is closely related with gravity. In discussion, it is thought that Alfven wave accelerating late-type stellar winds is feasible and the initial energy-flux, damping of Alfven wave in stellar winds need further study.
Li Xiao-Qing
Yong Zheng
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