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astro-ph2002
The winds of Luminous Blue Variables and the Mass of AG Car
Jorick S. Vink, Alex de Koter
We present radiation-driven wind models for Luminous Blue Variables (LBVs) and predict their mass-loss rates. A comparison between our predictions and the observations of AG Car sh…
astro-ph2002
Mass-loss predictions and stellar masses of early-type stars
Alex de Koter, Jorick S. Vink
We show that the stellar masses implied by our predictions of the wind properties of massive stars are in agreement with masses derived from evolution theory and from direct measur…
astro-ph2002
Do Herbig Ae/Be Stars have Discs?
Jorick S. Vink, Janet E. Drew, Tim H. Harries +1
H_alpha spectropolarimetry on Herbig Ae/Be stars shows that the innermost regions of intermediate mass (2 -- 15 M_sun) Pre-Main Sequence stars are flattened. This may be the best e…