Bibcode
Noels, Arlette; Dupret, Marc-Antoine; Godart, Mélanie
Bibliographical reference
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 118, Issue 1, id. 012019 (2008).
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10
2008
Citations
2
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0
Description
The interaction pulsation/mass loss takes different aspects. Pulsations
can trigger mass loss as in LBVs and Miras; on the other hand, mass loss
can modify the driving conditions within the stars. But the most
spectacular aspect is the effect on stellar models which, in turn, opens
a royal way to asteroseismology to test physical conditions inside
massive stars, such as the extent of convective cores or the appearance
of new driving mechanisms. We start with a discussion on MS stars and
their strange mode instabilities. We then move on to the excitation of
the LBV phenomenon. WR stars and the newly observed MOST period in WR123
are discussed in view of the power of asteroseismology. We then turn to
B supergiants, in particular HD163899, and show how asteroseismology can
really probe convection, semiconvection and mass loss.