Bibcode
García, M.; Herrero, A.
Referencia bibliográfica
Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics V, Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings. ISBN 978-3-642-11249-2. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2010, p. 407
Fecha de publicación:
2010
Número de citas
0
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Descripción
The theory of radiatively-driven winds successfully explains the key
points of the stellar winds of hot massive stars. However, it has been
recently found that some O- and B-type stars do not exhibit as strong
wind as predicted by theory. In this work we explain the main issues
concerning this topic. We also describe our analysis of the UV spectra
of a set of massive stars in a Galactic star-forming region (the Orion
Complex) plus two reference stars, to determine their wind properties.
The wind momentum of the very young OB-stars located in the region and
also one of the reference stars are smaller than expected. Our results
hint that stellar weak winds may be related to luminosity, rather than
age or magnetic fields.