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Wind Models for O-type Stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

T. L. Hoffmann
Affiliation:
Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik der Universität München, Scheinerstraße 1, 81679 München, Germany
A.W.A. Pauldrach
Affiliation:
Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik der Universität München, Scheinerstraße 1, 81679 München, Germany

Abstract

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We present fully consistent models for O-type stars that reproduce the observed UV spectra simultaneously with the observed terminal velocities and mass loss rates. We demonstrate how, as a consequence, the models can be used to determine the stellar parameters from the observed UV spectra alone.

Type
Part IV: Central Stars and their Atmospheres
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2003 

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