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Radiatively driven winds: shaping bipolar LBV nebulae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Vikram V. Dwarkadas  and
Stanley P. Owocki
Vikram V. Dwarkadas
Affiliation:
Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, 217 Sharp Laboratory, Newark, DE 19350, USA
Stanley P. Owocki
Affiliation:
Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, 217 Sharp Laboratory, Newark, DE 19350, USA

Abstract

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Massive stars which are fast rotators can give rise to asymmetric winds. These winds may result in the formation of aspherical wind-blown nebulae. In this work the theory of radiatively-driven winds from massive stars is used to model the formation of bipolar nebulae around LBV stars.

Type
Part 1. Atmospheres of Massive Stars
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 212: A Massive Star Odyssey: From Main Sequence to Supernova , 2003 , pp. 172 - 173
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2003 

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