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On the significance of mass loss for the evolution of massive stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

L.R. Yungelson
Affiliation:
Astronomical Council, USSR Ac. Sci., Moscow
A.G. Massevitch
Affiliation:
Astronomical Council, USSR Ac. Sci., Moscow
A.V. Tutukov
Affiliation:
Astronomical Council, USSR Ac. Sci., Moscow

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It is shown that mass loss by stellar wind with rates observed in O, B-stars cannot change qualitatively their evolution in the core hydrogen-burning stage. The effects, that are usually attributed to the mass loss, can be explained by other causes: e.g., duplicity or enlarged chemically homogeneous stellar cores.

The significance of mass loss by stellar wind for the evolution of massive stars was studied extensively by numerous authors (see e.g. Chiosi et al. (1979) and references therein). However, the problem is unclear as yet. There does not exist any satisfactory theory of mass loss by stars. Therefore one is usually forced to assume that mass loss rate depends on some input parameters.

Type
Session V - Mass Loss and Stellar Evolution: Massive Stars
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1981

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