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Dust-Driven Winds of Rotating Carbon Stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Ernst A. Dorfi  and
Susanne Höfner
Ernst A. Dorfi
Affiliation:
Institut für Astronomie der Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Susanne Höfner
Affiliation:
Institut für Astronomie der Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria

Abstract

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A new mechanism is proposed to explain an asymmetric mass loss of carbon-rich AGB stars where slow stellar rotation modifies a wind due to the non-linear behavior of the dust formation process. This effect leads to a preferential mass loss with higher velocities in the equatorial plane and also provides a simple explanation for the widely-observed asymmetries in the shapes of planetary nebulae.

Type
Session VII — Mass-Loss, Winds, and Formation of Dust Grains
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 177: The Carbon Star Phenomenon , 2000 , pp. 325 - 330
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 2000 

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