Stellar Outflows Driven by Radiation Pressure
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We present a detailed, self-consistent model of radiatively driven stellar outflows which couples the radiative transfer and hydrodynamics equations. The circumstellar envelope, which consists of gas and dust, is described as a two-component fluid to account for relative drifts. Our results agree with both molecular line observations and infrared continuum spectra, and show that steady-state outflows driven by radiation pressure on dust grains adequately describe the surroundings of the majority of cool luminous evolved stars.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9805003,
title = {Stellar Outflows Driven by Radiation Pressure},
author = {Z. Ivezic and G. R. Knapp and M. Elitzur},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9805003},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
5 pages with 4 figures