Clumping in hot-star winds : proceedings of an international workshop held in Potsdam, Germany, 18. - 22. June 2007
- Stellar winds play an important role for the evolution of massive stars and their cosmic environment. Multiple lines of evidence, coming from spectroscopy, polarimetry, variability, stellar ejecta, and hydrodynamic modeling, suggest that stellar winds are non-stationary and inhomogeneous. This is referred to as 'wind clumping'. The urgent need to understand this phenomenon is boosted by its far-reaching implications. Most importantly, all techniques to derive empirical mass-loss rates are more or less corrupted by wind clumping. Consequently, mass-loss rates are extremely uncertain. Within their range of uncertainty, completely different scenarios for the evolution of massive stars are obtained. Settling these questions for Galactic OB, LBV and Wolf-Rayet stars is prerequisite to understanding stellar clusters and galaxies, or predicting the properties of first-generation stars. In order to develop a consistent picture and understanding of clumped stellar winds, an international workshop on 'Clumping in Hot Star Winds' was held inStellar winds play an important role for the evolution of massive stars and their cosmic environment. Multiple lines of evidence, coming from spectroscopy, polarimetry, variability, stellar ejecta, and hydrodynamic modeling, suggest that stellar winds are non-stationary and inhomogeneous. This is referred to as 'wind clumping'. The urgent need to understand this phenomenon is boosted by its far-reaching implications. Most importantly, all techniques to derive empirical mass-loss rates are more or less corrupted by wind clumping. Consequently, mass-loss rates are extremely uncertain. Within their range of uncertainty, completely different scenarios for the evolution of massive stars are obtained. Settling these questions for Galactic OB, LBV and Wolf-Rayet stars is prerequisite to understanding stellar clusters and galaxies, or predicting the properties of first-generation stars. In order to develop a consistent picture and understanding of clumped stellar winds, an international workshop on 'Clumping in Hot Star Winds' was held in Potsdam, Germany, from 18. - 22. June 2007. About 60 participants, comprising almost all leading experts in the field, gathered for one week of extensive exchange and discussion. The Scientific Organizing Committee (SOC) included John Brown (Glasgow), Joseph Cassinelli (Madison), Paul Crowther (Sheffield), Alex Fullerton (Baltimore), Wolf-Rainer Hamann (Potsdam, chair), Anthony Moffat (Montreal), Stan Owocki (Newark), and Joachim Puls (Munich). These proceedings contain the invited and contributed talks presented at the workshop, and document the extensive discussions.…
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-13981 |
|---|---|
| ISBN: | 978-3-940793-33-1 |
| Verlag: | Universitätsverlag Potsdam |
| Verlagsort: | Potsdam |
| Herausgeber*in(nen): | Wolf-Rainer Hamann, Achim Feldmeier, Lida Oskinova |
| Publikationstyp: | Konferenzveröffentlichung |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2007 |
| Veröffentlichende Institution: | Universität Potsdam |
| Datum der Freischaltung: | 11.04.2008 |
| Freies Schlagwort / Tag: | Massenverlust; Sternwinde; Strahlungstransport; hydrodynamische Modellierung; massereiche Sterne hydrodynamic modeling; mass loss; massive stars; radiative transfer; stellar winds |
| Seitenanzahl: | 254 |
| RVK - Regensburger Verbundklassifikation: | US 1999.07 |
| Organisationseinheiten: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Physik und Astronomie |
| Extern / Extern | |
| DDC-Klassifikation: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 52 Astronomie / 520 Astronomie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften |
| Sammlung(en): | Universität Potsdam / Tagungsbände/Proceedings (nicht fortlaufend) / Clumping in hot-star winds: International Workshop, Potsdam, Germany, 18. - 22. June 2007 |
| Universität Potsdam / Tagungsbände/Proceedings (nicht fortlaufend) / Clumping in hot-star winds: International Workshop, Potsdam, Germany, 18. - 22. June 2007 / Complete Edition of the Proceedings | |
| Publikationsweg: | Universitätsverlag Potsdam |
| Lizenz (Deutsch): |  Keine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz |
| Externe Anmerkung: | Overview of the workshop contributions Zugleich in Printform erschienen im Universitätsverlag Potsdam: Clumping in hot-star winds : proceedings of an international workshop held in Potsdam, Germany, 18. - 22. June 2007 / Wolf-Rainer Hamann, Achim Feldmeier, Lidia Oskinova [eds.]. - Potsdam, Universitätsverlag Potsdam, 2008. - 254 S. : Ill., graph. Darst. ISBN 978-3-940793-33-1 |
