Exploring the connection of weak winds and magnetic fields
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
2010-10-12 v1
Abstract
The theory of radiatively driven winds successfully explains the key points of the stellar winds of hot massive stars. However, there is an apparent break-down of this paradigm at L/Lsun<5.2: the stellar wind momentum is smaller than predicted for low luminosity early-type stars from metal poor environments, and there are also some Galactic examples. In this work we explore whether magnetic fields are playing a role.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1010.2178,
title = {Exploring the connection of weak winds and magnetic fields},
author = {Miriam Garcia and Francisco Najarro and Artemio Herrero},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.2178},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
Proceedings of the "39th Li\`ege International Astrophysical Colloquium: The multi-wavelength view of Hot, Massive Stars"