Mass loss rates from protostars and Ol(63 μm) shock luminosities
Abstract
The high-velocity ejection of material from protostars results in a wind shock which may be observable in Ol(63 μm) emission. It is shown that for a wide range of conditions, the Ol(63 μm) luminosity is proportional to the mass loss rate from the protostar. Application is made to shock Ol(63 μm) emission observed around IRc2 in the BN-KL region of Orion.
- Publication:
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Icarus
- Pub Date:
- January 1985
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0019-1035(85)90151-4
- Bibcode:
- 1985Icar...61...36H
- Keywords:
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- Mass Flow Rate;
- Oxygen Spectra;
- Protostars;
- Shock Wave Luminescence;
- Stellar Mass Ejection;
- Emission Spectra;
- Shock Wave Propagation;
- Stellar Luminosity;
- Stellar Winds;
- Astrophysics, Earth Science