The stability of Wolf-Rayet stars

被引:20
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作者
Kiriakidis, M
Glatzel, W
Fricke, KJ
机构
[1] Universitats-Sternwarte Gottingen, 37083 Göttingen
关键词
instabilities; radiative transfer; stars; oscillations; variables; other; Wolf-Rayet;
D O I
10.1093/mnras/281.2.406
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
A comprehensive linear stability analysis of models for Wolf-Rayet stars is presented. The influence of opacity and chemical composition on stability, with respect to radial perturbations, is investigated systematically. Strange-mode instability with growth rates in the dynamical range is found to be typical for all models of Wolf-Rayet stars: critical masses for the onset of instability lie between 3 and 5 M(.). Several specific predictions of a heuristic model for strange-mode instability proposed recently are successfully tested on selected Wolf-Rayet star models.
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页码:406 / 424
页数:19
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