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Clumping-corrected mass-loss rates of Wolf-Rayet stars: comparison with the optically thick wind model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Tiit Nugis*
Affiliation:
Tartu Observatory, EE2444 Tõravere, Estonia

Abstract

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Clumping-corrected mass-loss rates of Wolf-Rayet stars lie in the range 0.2–10 x 10−5 M yr−1. It was found that optically thick wind models can lead to the observed mass-loss rates of WR stars at certain energy supply conditions in the subsonic zone.

Type
Part 1. Basic observational properties of Wolf-Rayet stars and other hot massive stars
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999 

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