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- Exploring the connection of weak winds and magnetic fields
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Exploring the connection of weak winds and magnetic fields
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The theory of radiatively driven winds successfully explains the key points of the stellar winds of hot massive stars. However, there is an apparent break-down of this paradigm at log L/Lo <5.2: the stellar wind momentum is smaller than predicted for low luminosity early-type stars from metal poor environments, and there are also some Galactic examples. We present a preliminary analysis of a small sample of stars of this luminosity regime in the Orion Nebula region and evaluate whether magnetic fields may play some role in the weak wind problem.
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Over : Miriam Garcia
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, La Laguna, Spain, and Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain
Over : Francisco Najarro
Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA), Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain
Over : Artemio Herrero
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, La Laguna, Spain, and Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain