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Stellar Winds and the Interstellar Medium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

Richard McCray
Richard McCray*
Affiliation:
Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, University of Colorado and National Bureau of Standards, Boulder, CO 80309

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Theoretical models for the interaction of stellar winds and the interstellar medium are described. Stellar wind energy sources are listed, and observations of expanding shells around stars and star clusters are reviewed. Giant expanding shells, or “superbubbles,” with radius > 100 pc, are formed by the combined action of stellar winds and supernovae from clusters of OB stars. Smaller expanding shells around Wolf-Rayet stars are probably formed by the interaction of the WR stellar wind with matter ejected in a previous red supergiant phase of stellar evolution. Stellar wind activity is evident in regions of star formation in dense molecular clouds.

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Joint Discussions
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Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 6 , 1983, pp. 565 - 579
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Copyright © Reidel 1983

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