INHALT:

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.

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

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