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The Evolution of the Circumstellar and Interstellar Medium Around Massive Stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2007

S. Jane Arthur
S. Jane Arthur*
Affiliation:
Centro de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 3-72, 58090 Morelia, México email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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Throughout their lives massive stars modify their environment through their ionizing photons and strong stellar winds. Here, I present coupled radiation-hydrodynamic calculations of the evolution of the bubbles and nebulae surrounding massive stars. The evolution is followed from the main sequence through the Wolf-Rayet stage and shows that structures are formed in the ISM out to some tens of parsecs radius. Closer to the star, instabilities lead to the breakup of swept-up wind shells. The photoevaporated flows from the resulting clumps interact with the stellar wind from the central star, which leads to the production of soft X-rays. I examine the consequences for the different observable structures at all time and size scales and evaluate the impact that the massive star has on its environment.

Keywords

stars: mass loss – ISM: bubbles – HII regions
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 3 , Symposium S250: Massive Stars as Cosmic Engines , December 2007 , pp. 355 - 360
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2008

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