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Hydrodynamics and high-energy physics of Wolf-Rayet colliding winds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2017

Vladimir V. Usov
Vladimir V. Usov*
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot 76100, Israel

Abstract

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The stellar winds flowing out of the components of WR+OB binaries can collide and shock waves are formed. Stellar wind collision, particle acceleration by the shocks and generation of X-ray, γ-ray, radio and IR emission in WR+OB binaries are discussed.

Keywords

stars: Wolf-Rayetcolliding windsparticle acceleration
Type
Session VII - Hydrodynamics and high-energy physics of colliding winds
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 163: Wolf-Rayet Stars: Binaries, Colliding Winds, Evolution , 1995 , pp. 495 - 503
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1995 

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