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Instabilities in massive stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Stanley P. Owocki
Stanley P. Owocki*
Affiliation:
Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA

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A defining property of massive stars is the dominant, dynamical role played by radiation throughout the stellar interior, atmosphere, and wind. Associated with this radiation hydrodynamics are several distinct kinds of instabilities that can lead to convection in both core and envelope, clumping in atmosphere and wind outflow, and perhaps even the dramatic mass loss outbursts associated with Luminous Blue Variable phases. Here I review these instabilities with emphasis on basic physical properties of radiative driving. I draw on two specific examples of dynamical instability, namely the strong instability associated with line-driving of a stellar wind outflow, and the global stellar instabilities associated with approaching or exceeding a modified Eddington limit. I conclude with a brief mention of recent ideas on the role of stellar rotation in the shaping of bipolar LBV outbursts.

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Type
Part 2. Interiors of Massive Stars
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 212: A Massive Star Odyssey: From Main Sequence to Supernova , 2003, pp. 281 - 290
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2003 

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