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Theory of winds from cool stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

Thomas E. Holzer
Thomas E. Holzer*
Affiliation:
High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research* P. O. Box 3000 Boulder, CO 80307

Abstract

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The goal of this paper is to provide a framework for thinking about the various physical processes that may play significant roles in driving the massive winds of cool, low-gravity stars. First, some general theoretical considerations involving mass, momentum, and energy balance are discussed. Next, the value of the solar wind as an analog for these late-type stellar winds and for related astrophysical flows is briefly examined. Finally, four specific mass-loss mechanisms are discussed, and the possible importance of each of these mechanisms for massive winds from cool, low-gravity stars is evaluated.

Type
Mass-Loss From Cool Stars
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 122: Circumstellar Matter , 1987 , pp. 289 - 305
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

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