Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
May 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990ap%26ss.167....1z&link_type=abstract
Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 167, Issue 1, pp.1-11
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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 Alfvén wave in stellar winds is small, and Alfvén 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, we get various velocity distributions 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 than acceptable. The results of Alfvén wave driving winds also indicate that massive stellar winds need large energy flux and acceleration is closely related with gravity. In discussion we think that Alfvén wave accelerating late-type stellar wind is feasible and the initial energy-flux, damping of Alfvén wave in stellar winds need further study.
Xiao-Qing Li
Zheng Young
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