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Consequences of clumping in hot-star winds

  • Session 9 Time-Dependent, Unstable Winds: Why Bother?
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It seems more and more likely that one will have to abandon the paradigm of smooth outflows from (hot) stars in favour of a clumpy structure, possibly in a fractal-like hierarchy on all scales. Observationally, this is best established for Wolf-Rayet star winds (e.g. scaling laws, mass-spectrum, anisotropy,...), for which the consequences of clumping are discussed. These include four broad categories, which are outlined in this review: (a) an ideal laboratory for studying time-dependent astrophysical turbulence, (b) potential tracers of hot-wind global structure parameters, (c) reduced mass-loss rates, and (d) impact on massive binary studies.

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Moffat, A.F.J. Consequences of clumping in hot-star winds. Astrophys Space Sci 221, 467–480 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01091177

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