Radio Emission from Macroclumps in Massive Star Winds
Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
January 2014
Description
Massive star winds are understood to be structured. Structures can come in the form of co-rotating interaction regions, which are globally organized flow streams that thread the winds. Structures can also be stochastic in nature, generically referred to as "clumps". The theory for interpreting the radio emissions from randomly distributed microclumps in single star winds is established. Results are presented here for macroclumping, in which the radiative transfer is sensitive to the clump geometry. Two cases are compared: spherical clumps and pancake-like fragments. The geometry of macroclumps can influence the power-law slope of the long wavelength spectral energy distribution.
Citation Information
Richard Ignace. "Radio Emission from Macroclumps in Massive Star Winds." American Astronomical Society, 224th AAS Meeting, #404.06. Boston, MA, June 1-5, 2014.