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Upper Mass-Loss Limits and Clumping in the Intermediate and Outer Wind Regions of OB stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 August 2024

M. M. Rubio-Díez*
Affiliation:
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain Centro de Astrobiología, CSIC-INTA, Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain
J. O. Sundqvist
Affiliation:
Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
F. Najarro
Affiliation:
Centro de Astrobiología, CSIC-INTA, Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain
A. Traficante
Affiliation:
IAPS-INAF, Roma, Italy
J. Puls
Affiliation:
Universitäts-Sternwarte München, München, Germany
L. Calzoletti
Affiliation:
IAPS-INAF, Roma, Italy
D. Figer
Affiliation:
Center for Detectors, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, USA
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Mass-loss is a key parameter throughout the evolution of massive stars. In this work we probe the radial clumping stratification of OB stars in the intermediate and outer wind regions (r ≳ 2R*; r, radial distance to photosphere), derive upper limits for mass-loss rates, max, and compare them to current theoretical mass-loss recipes implemented in evolutionary models. A key conclusion of our analysis regards the derived upper-limit mass-loss rates of B supergiants, independently of clumping, which calls for an urgent revision of the role recombination of iron-like elements plays in determining the mass-loss rates of objects that cross the bi-stability region, and a careful analysis of corresponding effects for stellar evolution models.

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