Hydrodynamic model atmospheres for hot stars

  • Recent non-LTE models for expanding atmospheres, accounting for iron group line-blanketing and clumping, show a radiative acceleration which supplies a large part of the driving force of WR winds. Aiming at the calculation of fully consistent wind models, we developed a method to include the solution of the hydrodynamic equations into our code, taking into account the radiation pressure from the comoving-frame radiation transport. In the present work we discuss the resulting wind acceleration for WR- and O star models, and demonstrate the effects of clumping. In addition, we present a consistent hydrodynamic non-LTE model for the O-star zeta Puppis, which is calculated under consideration of complex model atoms of H, He, C, N, O, Si and the iron group elements. In its present state this model fails to reproduce the observed mass loss rate - probably due to still incomplete atomic data.

Export metadata

Additional Services

Search Google Scholar Statistics
Metadaten
Author details:Götz Gräfener, Wolf-Rainer HamannORCiDGND
ISBN:1-58381-133-8
Publication type:Article
Language:English
Year of first publication:2003
Publication year:2003
Release date:2017/03/24
Source:A massive star odyssey : from main sequence to supernova ; proceedings of the International Astronomical Union held in Costa Tequise / Hrsg.: Karl A. van der Hucht; Artemio Herrero; Cesar Esteban. - San Francisco : Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2003. - ISBN: 1-58381-133-8. - S. 190
Organizational units:Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Physik und Astronomie
Institution name at the time of the publication:Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Physik
Accept ✔
This website uses technically necessary session cookies. By continuing to use the website, you agree to this. You can find our privacy policy here.