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Radio Emission from WR Stars
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 August 2015
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In principle radio observations of WR stars offer the best possibility of determining the rate of mass loss, since for a simple model of the extended atmosphere the mass loss rate depends primarily on quantities—the flux density, the velocity, and the distance—which are observable (Barlow 1979). Until now, detections of Wolf-Rayet stars have been limited by the sensitivity and resolution of available telescopes. The advent of the Very Large Array makes a search for emission from a large number of these stars feasible.
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- SESSION 3 — MASS-LOSS FROM WR STARS: OBSERVATIONS AND THEORY
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- Copyright © Reidel 1982
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