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Interstellar bubbles around O stars are driven by a combination of the star's wind and ionizing radiation output. The wind contribution is uncertain because the boundary between the wind and interstellar medium is difficult to observe.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-12-10 Jonathan Mackey , Vasilii V. Gvaramadze , Shazrene Mohamed , Norbert Langer

Winds from young massive stars contribute a large amount of energy to their host molecular clouds. This has consequences for the dynamics and observable structure of star-forming clouds. In this paper, we present radiative…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-12-09 Sam Geen , Rebekka Bieri , Joakim Rosdahl , Alex de Koter

Massive stars are extremely luminous and drive strong winds, blowing a large part of their matter into the galactic environment before they finally explode as a supernova. Quantitative knowledge of massive star feedback is required to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-12 Lidia M. Oskinova , Brankica Kubatova , Wolf-Rainer Hamann

Initial results are presented from 3D MHD modelling of stellar-wind bubbles around O stars moving supersonically through the ISM. We describe algorithm updates that enable high-resolution 3D MHD simulations at reasonable computational cost.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-06 Jonathan Mackey , Samuel Green , Maria Moutzouri

Context. There is a population of runaway stars that move at extremely high speeds with respect to their surroundings. The fast motion and the stellar wind of these stars, plus the wind-medium interaction, can lead to particle acceleration…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-05-11 J. R. Martinez , S. del Palacio , V. Bosch-Ramon , G. E. Romero

Massive stars blow powerful winds and eventually explode as supernovae. By doing so, they inject energy and momentum in the circumstellar medium, which is pushed away from the star and piles up to form a dense and expanding shell of gas.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-06 Stefano Gabici

The winds of massive stars create large (>10 pc) bubbles around their progenitors. As these bubbles expand they encounter the interstellar coherent magnetic field which, depending on its strength, can influence the shape of the bubble. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-18 Allard Jan van Marle , Zakaria Meliani , Alexandre Marcowith

The combined effects of supernova explosions and stellar winds produce a hot bubble in the central regions of starburst galaxies. As the bubble expands, it can outbreak into the galactic halo driving a superwind that transports hot gas and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-12-18 Gustavo E. Romero , Ana Laura Müller

Cosmic rays are highly energetic messengers propagating in magnetized plasma, which are, possibly but not exclusively, accelerated at astrophysical shocks. Amongst the variety of astrophysical objects presenting shocks, the huge…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-28 Dominique M. -A. Meyer

Numerous spherical ``shells" have been observed in young star-forming environments that host low- and intermediate-mass stars. These observations suggest that these shells may be produced by isotropic stellar wind feedback from young…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-28 Anna L. Rosen , Stella S. R. Offner , Michael M. Foley , Laura A. Lopez

High-resolution IRAS maps are used to search for the presence of stellar-wind bow-shocks around high-mass X-ray binaries (HMXBs). Their high space velocities, recently confirmed with Hipparcos observations, combined with their strong…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Fredrik Huthoff , Lex Kaper

Mass loss from massive stars ($\ga 8 \msun$) can result in the formation of circumstellar wind blown cavities surrounding the star, bordered by a thin, dense, cold shell. When the star explodes as a core-collapse supernova (SN), the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Vikram V. Dwarkadas

Winds from massive stars have velocities of 1000 km/s or more, and produce hot, high pressure gas when they shock. We develop a theory for the evolution of bubbles driven by the collective winds from star clusters early in their lifetimes,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-06-30 Lachlan Lancaster , Eve C. Ostriker , Jeong-Gyu Kim , Chang-Goo Kim

In this contribution I summarize our current knowledge of the nature and significance of starburst-driven galactic winds (``superwinds''). Superwinds are complex multiphase outflows of cool, warm, and hot gas, dust, and magnetized…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Timothy M. Heckman

High velocity stars move through the interstellar medium with V > 30 km/s. When the star has powerful winds, under the appropriate conditions, the interaction of the wind with the interstellar material produces a system of shocks. The outer…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-13 M. V. del Valle , R Santos-Lima , M Pohl

Massive stars blow powerful winds and eventually explode as supernovae. By doing so, they inject energy and momentum in the circumstellar medium, which is pushed away from the star and piles up to form a dense and expanding shell of gas.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-01-18 Stefano Gabici

Massive stars feature highly energetic stellar winds that interact whenever two such stars are bound in a binary system. The signatures of these interactions are nowadays found over a wide range of wavelengths, including the radio domain,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Gregor Rauw

Massive stars, at least $\sim$ 10 times more massive than the Sun, have two key properties that make them the main drivers of evolution of star clusters, galaxies, and the Universe as a whole. On the one hand, the outer layers of massive…

Interstellar superbubbles generated by multiple supernova explosions are common in star-forming galaxies. They are the most obvious manifestation of mechanical feedback, and are largely responsible for transferring both thermal and kinetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. S. Oey

(ABBREVIATED) Understanding the formation of stars in galaxies is central to much of modern astrophysics. In this review the relation between interstellar turbulence and star formation is discussed. Supersonic turbulence can provide support…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-29 Ralf S. Klessen