Stellar mass loss (thermical velocities, mass loss rates), wind mechanisms, wind equation, pressure driven winds (sun, Parker solutions), radiation driven winds:

a) hot stars, role of spectral lines,

b) cool stars, dust driven stellar winds, numerical modelling, circumstellar envelopes of late-type stars, masers.

ZIELGRUPPE:

Eligible lecture of the module „Advanced Astronomy and Astrophysics“ (Physics / Master). Open for all students with interest in astronomys and astrophysics.

VORAUSSETZUNG

Basic knowledge in Physics and Mathematics. Knowledge of the physics / B.Sc. Module „Einführung in die Astronomie und Astrophysik“ advised.