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[Submitted on 30 Aug 2000 (v1), last revised 10 Apr 2001 (this version, v2)]

Title:The Theory of Steady State Super-Eddington Winds and its Application to Novae

Authors:Nir J. Shaviv
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Abstract: We present a model for steady state winds of systems with super-Eddington luminosities. These radiatively driven winds are expected to be optically thick and clumpy as they arise from an instability driven porous atmosphere. The model is then applied to derive the mass loss observed in bright classical novae. The main results are:
1) A general relation between the mass loss rate and the total luminosity in super-Eddington systems.
2) A quantitative agreement between the observed luminosity evolution which is used to predict both the mass loss and temperature evolution, and their observations.
3) An agreement between the predicted average integrated mass loss of novae as a function of WD mass and its observations.
4) A natural explanation for the `transition phase' of novae.
5) Agreement with eta Carinae which was used to double check the theory. The prediction for the mass shed in the star's great eruption agrees with observations to within the measurement error.
Comments: 20 Pages, 10 figures, accepted to MNRAS (uses this http URL). Significantly extended version
Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
Cite as: arXiv:astro-ph/0008489
  (or arXiv:astro-ph/0008489v2 for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0008489
Journal reference: Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 326 (2001) 126
Related DOI: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04574.x

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From: Nir J. Shaviv [view email]
[v1] Wed, 30 Aug 2000 15:53:42 UTC (97 KB)
[v2] Tue, 10 Apr 2001 18:25:26 UTC (148 KB)
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