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The applicability of the wind compression model

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: Compression of the stellar winds from rapidly rotating hot stars is described by the wind compression model. However, it was also shown that rapid rotation leads to rotational distortion of the stellar surface, resulting in the appearance of non-radial forces acting against the wind compression. In this note we justify the wind compression model for moderately rotating white dwarfs and slowly rotating giants. The former could be conducive to understanding density/ionization structure of the mass outflow from symbiotic stars and novae, while the latter can represent an effective mass-transfer mode in the wide interacting binaries.

Source: Astronomy and Astrophysics

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201424357

Authors: Z. Cariková, A. Skopal

Institutions: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Astronomical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

Language: English

Topic: Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies

Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: Slovenská Akadémia Vied, Vedecká Grantová Agentúra MŠVVaŠ SR a SAV

Awards: Fyzikálne procesy v symbiotických hviezdach a novách., G7749624348