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The Basic Physics of Hot-Star Winds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Stanley P. Owocki
Stanley P. Owocki*
Affiliation:
Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716 USA

Abstract

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Hot-star winds are believed to be driven by line-scattering of the star's continuum radiation. This review summarizes the physics of this line-driving process and the resulting basic wind properties. I also briefly discuss the generation of wind structure, both at small scale due to inherent instabilities in the line-driving, and at large scales due to various rotational effects.

Type
7. OB Stellar Winds
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 162: Pulsation, Rotation and Mass Loss in Early-Type Stars , 1994 , pp. 475 - 486
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1994 

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