OB-stars as extreme condition test beds
Abstract
Massive stars are inherently extreme objects, in terms of radiation, mass loss, rotation, and sometimes also magnetic fields. Concentrating on a (personally biased) subset of processes related to pulsations, rapid rotation and its interplay with mass-loss, and the bi-stability mechanism, we will discuss how active (and normal) OB stars can serve as appropriate laboratories to provide further clues.
- Publication:
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Active OB Stars: Structure, Evolution, Mass Loss, and Critical Limits
- Pub Date:
- July 2011
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1009.0364
- Bibcode:
- 2011IAUS..272..554P
- Keywords:
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- hydrodynamics;
- instabilities;
- line: formation;
- stars: abundances;
- stars: early-type;
- stars: evolution;
- stars: mass loss;
- stars: oscillations;
- stars: rotation;
- stars: winds;
- outflows;
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- To be published in the proceedings book of the IAUS 272, Cambridge University Press. Editors C. Neiner, G. Wade, G. Meynet and G. Peters