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ISBN: 1-139-17501-7

Content: This long-awaited graduate textbook, written by two pioneers of the field, is the first to provide a comprehensive introduction to the observations, theories and consequences of stellar winds. The rates of mass loss and the wind velocities are explained from basic physical principles. This book also includes chapters clearly explaining the formation and evolution of interstellar bubbles, and the effects of mass loss on the evolution of high- and low-mass stars. Each topic is introduced simply to explain the basic processes and then developed to provide a solid foundation for understanding current research. This authoritative textbook is designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate students and researchers seeking an understanding of stellar winds and, more generally, supersonic flows from astrophysical objects. It is based on courses taught in Europe and the US over the past twenty years and includes seventy problems (with answers) for coursework or self-study.

Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). , Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Historical overview -- 1.1 Historical introduction -- 1.2 Chronology of the development of the subject of stellar winds -- 1.3 Conclusions -- 1.4 Suggested reading -- Observations of stellar winds -- 2.1 The formation of spectral lines in stellar winds -- 2.2 P Cygni profiles -- 2.3 Emission lines from winds -- 2.4 The infrared and radio excess from stellar winds -- 2.5 Molecular emission lines from the winds of cool stars -- 2.6 The infrared and millimeter radiation from dust -- 2.7 Mass loss rates and terminal velocities of winds from hot stars -- 2.8 Mass loss rates and terminal velocities of winds from cool stars -- 2.9 Conclusions -- 2.10 Suggested reading -- Basic concepts: isothermal winds -- 3.1 Isothermal winds with gas pressure only -- 3.2 Isothermal winds with an f ≈ r -2 force -- 3.3 Isothermal winds with an f ≈ v(dv/dr) force -- 3.4 Isothermal winds with general additional forces -- 3.5 The analogy of rocket nozzles -- 3.6 Conclusions about isothermal winds -- 3.7 Suggested reading -- Basic concepts: non-isothermal winds -- 4.1 Winds with momentum and energy deposition -- 4.2 Polytropic winds -- 4.3 The critical point of momentum equations with multiple zero-points -- 4.4 Conclusions about non-isothermal winds -- 4.5 Suggested reading -- Coronal winds -- 5.1 The energy of a coronal wind with heat conduction -- 5.2 The momentum equation -- 5.3 The calculation of coronal wind models -- 5.4 A model for the solar corona -- 5.5 Mass loss rates and terminal velocities of coronal winds -- 5.6 Conclusions -- 5.7 Suggested reading -- Sound wave driven winds -- 6.1 A particle in an oscillatory field -- 6.2 The acoustic wave luminosity -- 6.3 The pressure due to acoustic waves -- 6.4 Sound wave driven winds without dissipation -- 6.5 Sound wave driven winds with dissipation. , 6.6 Conclusions -- 6.7 Suggested reading -- Dust driven winds -- 7.1 The physical processes of dust driven winds -- 7.2 The momentum of a continuum driven wind -- 7.3 Dust grain opacities -- 7.4 The temperature of grains and the wind inner boundary -- 7.5 Combined dust and gas flow -- 7.6 The mass loss rate of a dust driven wind -- 7.7 The supersonic structure of dust driven winds -- 7.8 Limits on the mass loss rates of dust driven winds -- 7.9 Conclusions -- 7.10 Suggested reading -- Line driven winds -- 8.1 Physical processes in line driven winds -- 8.2 The energy and momentum of line driven winds -- 8.3 The absorption of photons in an expanding atmosphere -- 8.4 The Sobolev approximation -- 8.5 The radiative acceleration due to spectral lines -- 8.6 A realistic estimate of the radiative force due to lines -- 8.7 Line driven winds in the point source limit -- 8.8 A physical explanation of the line driven wind models -- 8.9 The correction for the finite size of the star -- 8.10 Multiple scattering -- 8.11 Wind blanketing -- 8.12 Rotating line driven winds -- 8.13 The instability of line driven winds -- 8.14 Conclusions -- 8.15 Suggested reading -- Magnetic rotator theory -- 9.1 The equatorial wind theory -- 9.2 The angular momentum and energy constants -- 9.3 Angular momentum transfer -- 9.4 The purely radial wind equations -- 9.5 Magnetic energy transfer -- 9.6 Solution of the radial equation of motion -- 9.7 The fast magnetic rotator equations -- 9.8 The spin down times -- 9.9 Magnetic rotators in combination with other wind forces -- 9.10 Conclusions -- 9.11 Suggested reading -- Alfvén wave driven winds -- 10.1 The wind equations with a varying transverse B field -- 10.2 The propagation of Alfvén waves -- 10.3 The radial momentum equation -- 10.4 Cold Alfvén wave driven winds -- 10.5 Conclusions -- 10.6 Suggested reading. , Outflowing disks from rotating stars -- 11.1 Stars with ouflowing disks -- 11.2 Outflowing disks formed by rotation induced bistability -- 11.3 The wind compression model -- 11.4 Disk formation -- 11.5 2-D hydrodynamical results -- 11.6 Conclusions -- 11.7 Suggested reading -- Winds colliding with the interstellar medium -- 12.1 The structure of wind-ISM interaction regions -- 12.2 The evolution of a wind bubble -- 12.3 The snowplow expansion of a wind bubble -- 12.4 Ring nebulae around Wolf-Rayet and newly formed O stars -- 12.5 Planetary nebulae -- 12.6 The deposition of mass and energy into the ISM -- 12.7 Conclusions -- 12.8 Suggested reading -- The effects of mass loss on stellar evolution -- 13.1 The main effects of mass loss -- 13.2 The evolution of a 60 M ⊙ star with mass loss -- 13.3 The evolution of a 3 M ⊙ star with mass loss -- 13.4 Conclusions -- 13.5 Suggested reading -- Problems -- 14.1 Answers -- The chronology of stellar wind studies -- Elements of thermodynamics -- De l'Hopital's rule for equations with a singular point -- Physical and astronomical constants -- Bibliography -- Object index -- Index. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-521-59565-7

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-521-59398-0

Language: English

Subjects: Physics

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URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139175012