Alfvén waves as a driving mechanism in stellar winds |
| |
| Authors: | AA Vidotto V Jatenco-Pereira |
| |
| Institution: | Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas – Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 1226, Cidade Universitária, 05508-900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil |
| |
| Abstract: | Alfvén waves have been invoked as an important mechanism of particle acceleration in stellar winds of cool stars. After their identification in the solar wind they started to be studied in winds of stars located in different regions of the HR diagram. We discuss here some characteristics of these waves and we present a direct application in the acceleration of late-type stellar winds. |
| |
| Keywords: | Alfven waves Stellar winds Particle acceleration |
| 本文献已被 ScienceDirect 等数据库收录！ |
