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Diffusion in Stellar Envelopes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

M.J. Seaton
M.J. Seaton*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower St., London WC1E 6BT

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In an attempt to make the present summary comprehensible yet sufficiently concise I will risk some over-simplification: further details are given in Seaton (1997, 1998 — Papers I and II).

In a star let Fv dv be the outward flux of radiant and let an atom of element k present an effective area of σv(k) for absorption of radiation. Then the momentum absorbed per atom and per-unit area and unit time is G(k) = (1/c) ∫ Fvσv(k) dv which is just the force acting on the atom. The radiative acceleration is grad(k) = G(k)/M(k) where M(k) is the atom’s mass.

Type
II. Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 11 , Issue 2: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XXIIIrd General Assembly of the IAU (Part B), 1997 , 1998 , pp. 664 - 666
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1998

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