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Acoustic wave driven mass loss in late-type giant stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

M. Cuntz ,
L. Hartmann  and
P. Ulmschneider
M. Cuntz
Affiliation:
Institut für Theoretische Astrophysik, Im Neuenheimer Feld 561 6900 Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany
L. Hartmann
Affiliation:
Institut für Theoretische Astrophysik, Im Neuenheimer Feld 561 6900 Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
P. Ulmschneider
Affiliation:
Institut für Theoretische Astrophysik, Im Neuenheimer Feld 561 6900 Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany

Abstract

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Mass loss generated by radiatively damped acoustic waves is investigated. We find that a persistent wave energy flux leads to extended chromospheres. Mass loss is quite likely produced if the wave field retains a transient character and if large wave periods are used.

Type
Mass-Loss From Cool Stars
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 122: Circumstellar Matter , 1987 , pp. 325 - 326
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

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