@inproceedings{FullertonMassaPrinja2007,
  author    = {Fullerton, A. W. and Massa, D. L. and Prinja, R. K.},
  title     = {Revised mass-loss rates for O stars from the Pv resonance line},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-17647},
  year      = {2007},
  abstract  = {The P v λλ1118, 1128 resonance doublet is an extraordinarily useful diagnostic of O-star winds, because it bypasses the traditional problems associated with determining mass-loss rates from UV resonance lines. We discuss critically the assumptions and uncertainties involved with using P v to diagnose mass-loss rates, and conclude that the large discrepancies between massloss rates determined from P v and the rates determined from "density squared" emission processes pose a significant challenge to the "standard model" of hot-star winds. The disparate measurements can be reconciled if the winds of O-type stars are strongly clumped on small spatial scales, which in turn implies that mass-loss rates based on Hα or radio emission are too large by up to an order of magnitude.},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{BouretLanzHillieretal.2007,
  author    = {Bouret, J.-C. and Lanz, T. and Hillier, D. J. and Foellmi, C.},
  title     = {Clumping in O-type Supergiants},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-17662},
  year      = {2007},
  abstract  = {We have analyzed the spectra of seven Galactic O4 supergiants, with the NLTE wind code CMFGEN. For all stars, we have found that clumped wind models match well lines from different species spanning a wavelength range from FUV to optical, and remain consistent with Hα data. We have achieved an excellent match of the P V λλ1118, 1128 resonance doublet and N IV λ1718, as well as He II λ4686 suggesting that our physical description of clumping is adequate. We find very small volume filling factors and that clumping starts deep in the wind, near the sonic point. The most crucial consequence of our analysis is that the mass loss rates of O stars need to be revised downward significantly, by a factor of 3 and more compared to those obtained from smooth-wind models.},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{UrbanejaKudritzkiPuls2007,
  author    = {Urbaneja, M. A. and Kudritzki, R.-P. and Puls, Joachim},
  title     = {Clumping in the winds of O-type CSPNs},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-17801},
  year      = {2007},
  abstract  = {Recent studies of massive O-type stars present clear evidences of inhomogeneous and clumped winds. O-type (H-rich) central stars of planetary nebulae (CSPNs) are in some ways the low mass-low luminosity analogous of those massive stars. In this contribution, we present preliminary results of our on-going multi-wavelength (FUV, UV and optical) study of the winds of Galactic CSPNs. Particular emphasis will be given to the clumping factors derived by means of optical lines (Hα and Heii 4686) and "classic" FUV (and UV) lines.},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{deKoterVinkMuijres2007,
  author    = {de Koter, A. and Vink, J. S. and Muijres, L.},
  title     = {Constraints on wind clumping from the empirical mass-loss vs. metallicity relation for early-type stars},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-17736},
  year      = {2007},
  abstract  = {We present the latest results on the observational dependence of the mass-loss rate in stellar winds of O and early-B stars on the metal content of their atmospheres, and compare these with predictions. Absolute empirical rates for the mass loss of stars brighter than 10\$^{5.2} L_{\odot}\$, based on H\$\alpha\$ and ultraviolet (UV) wind lines, are found to be about a factor of two higher than predictions. If this difference is attributed to inhomogeneities in the wind this would imply that luminous O and early-B stars have clumping factors in their H\$\alpha\$ and UV line forming regime of about a factor of 3--5. The investigated stars cover a metallicity range \$Z\$ from 0.2 to 1 \$Z_{\odot}\$. We find a hint towards smaller clumping factors for lower \$Z\$. The derived clumping factors, however, presuppose that clumping does not impact the predictions of the mass-loss rate. We discuss this assumption and explain how we intend to investigate its validity in more detail.},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{GrohHillierDamineli2007,
  author    = {Groh, J. H. and Hillier, D. J. and Damineli, A.},
  title     = {Mass-loss rate and clumping in LBV stars : the impact of time-dependent effects},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-17773},
  year      = {2007},
  abstract  = {This paper outlines a newly-developed method to include the effects of time variability in the radiative transfer code CMFGEN. It is shown that the flow timescale is often large compared to the variability timescale of LBVs. Thus, time-dependent effects significantly change the velocity law and density structure of the wind, affecting the derivation of the mass-loss rate, volume filling factor, wind terminal velocity, and luminosity. The results of this work are directly applicable to all active LBVs in the Galaxy and in the LMC, such as AG Car, HR Car, S Dor and R 127, and could result in a revision of stellar and wind parameters. The massloss rate evolution of AG Car during the last 20 years is presented, highlighting the need for time-dependent models to correctly interpret the evolution of LBVs.},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{Moffat2007,
  author    = {Moffat, Anthony F. J.},
  title     = {Observational overview of clumping in hot stellar winds},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-17633},
  year      = {2007},
  abstract  = {In the old days (pre ∼1990) hot stellar winds were assumed to be smooth, which made life fairly easy and bothered no one. Then after suspicious behaviour had been revealed, e.g. stochastic temporal variability in broadband polarimetry of single hot stars, it took the emerging CCD technology developed in the preceding decades (∼1970-80's) to reveal that these winds were far from smooth. It was mainly high-S/N, time-dependent spectroscopy of strong optical recombination emission lines in WR, and also a few OB and other stars with strong hot winds, that indicated all hot stellar winds likely to be pervaded by thousands of multiscale (compressible supersonic turbulent?) structures, whose driver is probably some kind of radiative instability. Quantitative estimates of clumping-independent mass-loss rates came from various fronts, mainly dependent directly on density (e.g. electron-scattering wings of emission lines, UV spectroscopy of weak resonance lines, and binary-star properties including orbital-period changes, electron-scattering, and X-ray fluxes from colliding winds) rather than the more common, easier-to-obtain but clumping-dependent density-squared diagnostics (e.g. free-free emission in the IR/radio and recombination lines, of which the favourite has always been Hα). Many big questions still remain, such as: What do the clumps really look like? Do clumping properties change as one recedes from the mother star? Is clumping universal? Does the relative clumping correction depend on \$\dot{M}\$ itself?},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{PulsMarkovaNajarroetal.2007,
  author    = {Puls, Joachim and Markova, N. and Najarro, F. and Hanson, M. M.},
  title     = {Clumping in O-star winds},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-17683},
  year      = {2007},
  abstract  = {We review various diagnostics of clumping in O-star winds, with special emphasis on its radial stratification. Implications and problems are discussed, and promising NIR methods are presented.},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{StLouisMoffat2007,
  author    = {St-Louis, N. and Moffat, Anthony F. J.},
  title     = {Do clumping corrections increase with decreasing mass-loss rates?},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-17696},
  year      = {2007},
  abstract  = {We report on new mass-loss rate estimates for O stars in six massive binaries using the amplitude of orbital-phase dependent, linear-polarimetric variability caused by electron scattering off free electrons in the winds. Our estimated mass-loss rates for luminous O stars are independent of clumping. They suggest similar clumping corrections as for WR stars and do not support the recently proposed reduction in mass-loss rates of O stars by one or two orders of magnitude.},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{Smith2007,
  author    = {Smith, Nathan},
  title     = {Independent signs of lower mass-loss rates for O-type stars},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-17659},
  year      = {2007},
  abstract  = {I discuss observational evidence - independent of the direct spectral diagnostics of stellar winds themselves - suggesting that mass-loss rates for O stars need to be revised downward by roughly a factor of three or more, in line with recent observed mass-loss rates for clumped winds. These independent constraints include the large observed mass-loss rates in LBV eruptions, the large masses of evolved massive stars like LBVs and WNH stars, WR stars in lower metallicity environments, observed rotation rates of massive stars at different metallicity, supernovae that seem to defy expectations of high mass-loss rates in stellar evolution, and other clues. I pay particular attention to the role of feedback that would result from higher mass-loss rates, driving the star to the Eddington limit too soon, and therefore making higher rates appear highly implausible. Some of these arguments by themselves may have more than one interpretation, but together they paint a consistent picture that steady line-driven winds of O-type stars have lower mass-loss rates and are significantly clumped.},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{PrinjaHodgesMassaetal.2007,
  author    = {Prinja, R. K. and Hodges, S. E. and Massa, D. L. and Fullerton, A. W. and Burnley, A. W.},
  title     = {Structure in the fast wind of NGC6543},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-17788},
  year      = {2007},
  abstract  = {We exploit time-series \$FUSE\$ spectroscopy to {\it uniquely} probe spatial structure and clumping in the fast wind of the central star of the H-rich planetary nebula NGC~6543 (HD~164963). Episodic and recurrent optical depth enhancements are discovered in the P{\sc v} absorption troughs, with some evidence for a \$\sim\$ 0.17-day modulation time-scale. The characteristics of these features are essentially identical to the discrete absorption components' (DACs) commonly seen in the UV lines of massive OB stars, suggesting the temporal structures seen in NGC~6543 likely have a physical origin that is similar to that operating in massive, luminous stars. The mechanism for forming coherent perturbations in the outflows is therefore apparently operating equally in the radiation-pressure-driven winds of widely differing momenta (\$\mdot\$\$v_\infty\$\$R_\star^{0.5}\$) and flow times, as represented by OB stars and CSPN.},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{Marchenko2007,
  author    = {Marchenko, S. V.},
  title     = {Wind inhomogeneities in low-Z environment : observations},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-17769},
  year      = {2007},
  abstract  = {We discuss the results of time-resolved spectroscopy of three presumably single Population I Wolf-Rayet stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud, where the ambient metallicity is \$\sim 1/5 Z_\odot\$. We were able to detect and follow numerous small-scale wind-embedded inhomogeneities in all observed stars. The general properties of the moving features, such as their velocity dispersions, emissivities and average accelerations, closely match the corresponding characteristics of small-scale inhomogeneities in the winds of Galactic Wolf-Rayet stars.},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{NajarroPulsHerreroetal.2007,
  author    = {Najarro, F. and Puls, Joachim and Herrero, A. and Hanson, M. M. and Mart{\´i}n-Pintado, J. and Hillier, D. J.},
  title     = {Tracking the Clumping in OB Stars from UV to radio},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-17701},
  year      = {2007},
  abstract  = {We review different line and continua diagnostics from the UV to radio, which can be utilized to simultaneously constrain the clumping structure throughout the stellar wind of massive OB stars.},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{Massa2007,
  author    = {Massa, D. L.},
  title     = {Discussion: Spectroscopy and Mass-Loss Diagnostics},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-17821},
  year      = {2007},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{KrausKubatKrtička2007,
  author    = {Kraus, M. and Kub{\´a}t, Jiř{\´i} and Krtička, Jiri},
  title     = {Wind emission of OB supergiants and the influence of clumping},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-17757},
  year      = {2007},
  abstract  = {The influence of the wind to the total continuum of OB supergiants is discussed. For wind velocity distributions with β > 1.0, the wind can have strong influence to the total continuum emission, even at optical wavelengths. Comparing the continuum emission of clumped and unclumped winds, especially for stars with high β values, delivers flux differences of up to 30\% with maximum in the near-IR. Continuum observations at these wavelengths are therefore an ideal tool to discriminate between clumped and unclumped winds of OB supergiants.},
  language  = {en}
}