Wolf-Rayet nebulae and the wind-interstellar medium interaction

I review our current understanding of the interaction between a Wolf-Rayet star's fast wind and the surrounding medium, and discuss to what extent the predictions of numerical simulations coincide with multiwavelength observations of Wolf-Rayet nebulae. Through a series of examples, I illustrate how changing the input physics affects the results of the numerical simulations. Finally, I discuss how numerical simulations together with multiwavelength observations of these objects allow us to unpick the previous mass-loss history of massive stars.

Metadaten
Author details:	S. J. Arthur
URN:	urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-88267
Title of parent work (English):	Wolf-Rayet Stars : Proceedings of an International Workshop held in Potsdam, Germany, 1.–5. June 2015
Publication type:	Article
Language:	English
Publication year:	2015
Publishing institution:	Universität Potsdam
Release date:	2016/02/23
First page:	315
Last Page:	320
Organizational units:	Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Physik und Astronomie
DDC classification:	5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 52 Astronomie / 520 Astronomie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften
Publishing method:	Universitätsverlag Potsdam
Collection(s):	Universität Potsdam / Tagungsbände/Proceedings (nicht fortlaufend) / Wolf-Rayet Stars: Proceedings of an International Workshop held in Potsdam, Germany, 1.–5. June 2015 / Wolf-Rainer Hamann, Andreas Sander, Helge Todt (Eds.)
	Universität Potsdam / Tagungsbände/Proceedings (nicht fortlaufend) / Wolf-Rayet Stars: Proceedings of an International Workshop held in Potsdam, Germany, 1.–5. June 2015 / Wolf-Rainer Hamann, Andreas Sander, Helge Todt (Eds.) / WR nebulae
License (German):	Keine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz