The Problematically Short Superwind of OH/IR Stars
Paper in proceeding, 2015

The superwind is believed to be the tool with which stars with an intermediate main-sequence mass between 5 and 8 Me shed most of their stellar mantle to evolve from the asymptotic giant branch (AGB) into the post-AGB and planetary-nebulae stages. For this to work, the superwind duration must be on the order of at least ten thousand years given a mass-loss rate of 10(-4) M-circle dot per year. This contrasts heavily with recent, independent results indicating that the superwind duration may be shorter by an order of magnitude.

Author

Robin Lombaert

Chalmers, Earth and Space Sciences, Onsala Space Observatory

B. L. de Vries

AlbaNova University Center

Stockholm University

M. Hillen

KU Leuven

EAS Publications Series

1633-4760 (ISSN) 1638-1963 (eISSN)

Vol. 71-72 65-70
978-2-7598-1907-2 (ISBN)

Subject Categories

Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

Roots

Basic sciences

DOI

10.1051/eas/1571012

ISBN

978-2-7598-1907-2

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4/10/2019