Stellar winds and the evolution of luminous stars
Journal Article
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· Astrophys. J.; (United States)
The effect of a stellar wind on the evolution of stars in the mass range 7--60 M/sub sun/ has been investigated for stellar models in which Carson's opacities have been employed. Several cases of mass loss have been considered. It is found that the assumption of heavy mass loss from both blue and red supergiants can account well for the relevant observations of OBN stars, WN stars, and very luminous supergiants of all spectral types. But no amount of mass loss can account adequately for the properties of the B supergiants of lowest luminosity. A critical comparison is made between the present results and some earlier results based on the adoption of Cox-Stewart opacities.
- Research Organization:
- NASA Goddard Institute fro Space Studeis, Goddard Space Flight Center, New York
- OSTI ID:
- 6589660
- Journal Information:
- Astrophys. J.; (United States), Journal Name: Astrophys. J.; (United States) Vol. 226:1; ISSN ASJOA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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