Radiatively Driven Winds of OB Stars -- from Micro to Macro
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We review basic physics of line-driven stellar winds of OB stars. We discuss elementary processes due to which stellar winds are accelerated on a microscopic level. We show how these microscopic processes may enable the outflow and how they determine wind properties on a macroscopic level. We discuss shortcomings of present wind theories and future wind model improvements.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0511443,
title = {Radiatively Driven Winds of OB Stars -- from Micro to Macro},
author = {Jiri Krticka and Jiri Kubat},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0511443},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
12 pages; to appear in the proceedings of Active OB-Stars: Laboratories for Stellar & Circumstellar Physics, S. Stefl, S. Owocki and A. Okazaki eds