On the motion of wind-driving stars relative to the ambient interstellar medium
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: On the motion of wind-driving stars relative to the ambient interstellar medium
zbMATH Open document ID: 0840.76096
DOI: 10.1007/BF00657841
author: Hans J. Fahr
author: Klaus Scherer
published in: Astrophysics and Space Science
publication date: 1996-07-04T00:00:00Z
review text: It is argued that each wind-driving star is subject to the action of thrust forces appearing in relative motion of the star with respect to the ambient interstellar medium. Starting from hydrodynamic modelling of the stellar wind system in an adiabatically adapted motion relative to the local interstellar medium, the equation of star motion is derived and then investigated analytically. The authors calculate the resulting net force which is of an accelerating and decelerating nature, respectively, for subsonic and supersonic flows. Also the long-period motions of star is described together with the estimation of typical acceleration time periods for different stars.
reviewed by: Vyacheslav S. Titov
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 76X05
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 85A05
zbMATH DE Number: 775528
zbMATH Keywords: thrust forces
zbMATH Keywords: hydrodynamic modelling
zbMATH Keywords: equation of star motion
zbMATH Keywords: long-period motions
zbMATH Keywords: acceleration time
Wikidata QID: Q68573802
MaRDI profile type: Publication
cites work: The adapted solar wind system as cause for a momentum transfer to the Sun and its consequences for the orbital motions of Keplerian objects
full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00657841
OpenAlex ID: W1968236302
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 775528