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Alfvén waves and radiation pressure in the winds of Wolf-Rayet stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2017

L. C. Dos Santos
Affiliation:
Institute Astronômico e Geofísico - Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 9638 CEP 01065-970 - São Paulo - SP - Brazil
V. Jatenco-Pereira
Affiliation:
Institute Astronômico e Geofísico - Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 9638 CEP 01065-970 - São Paulo - SP - Brazil
R. Opher
Affiliation:
Institute Astronômico e Geofísico - Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 9638 CEP 01065-970 - São Paulo - SP - Brazil

Abstract

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We recently showed that Alfvén waves acting jointly with radiation pressure in Wolf-Rayet winds can possibly solve the momentum problem (dos Santos, Jatenco-Pereira and Opher 1993a, 1993b). In these analyses, however, constant radiation luminosity as a function of the distance to the star was assumed. We impose here conservation of the energy flux and examine the effect on the radiation luminosity.

Type
Session II - Model atmospheres for single Wolf-Rayet stars
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1995 

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