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Instabilities in the winds of hot stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Edward L. Gomez
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, 5 The Parade, Cardiff CF24 3YB, UK
Robin J.R. Williams
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, 5 The Parade, Cardiff CF24 3YB, UK

Abstract

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We present work investigating the stability of line-driven winds using a non-Sobolev approach. We find that the dense shell structures which characterise the growth of radiation-driven instabilities in one dimensional simulations break up into numerous bow-shaped clumps in two-dimensions.

Type
Part 1. Atmospheres of Massive Stars
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2003 

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