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On the behaviour of stellar winds that exceed the photon-tiring limit
Allard Jan van Marle, Stanley P. Owocki, Nir J. Shaviv
Stars can produce steady-state winds through radiative driving as long as the mechanical luminosity of the wind does not exceed the radiative luminosity at its base. This upper bou…
Numerical simulations of continuum-driven winds of super-Eddington stars
A. J. van Marle, S. P. Owocki, N. J. Shaviv
We present the results of numerical simulations of continuum-driven winds of stars that exceed the Eddington limit and compare these against predictions from earlier analytical sol…
Continuum driven winds from super-Eddington stars. A tale of two limits
A. J. van Marle, S. P. Owocki, N. J. Shaviv
Continuum driving is an effective method to drive a strong stellar wind. It is governed by two limits: the Eddington limit and the photon-tiring limit. A star must exceed the effec…
The Origin of the Binary Pulsar J0737-3039
Tsvi Piran, Nir J. Shaviv
It is generally accepted that neutron stars form in core collapse events that are accompanied by a supernovae (types II or Ib or Ic). Typical progenitors are, therefore, larger tha…
The High-Energy Polarization-Limiting Radius of Neutron Star Magnetospheres II -- Magnetized Hydrogen Atmospheres
Jeremy S. Heyl, Don Lloyd, Nir J. Shaviv
In the presence of strong magnetic fields, the vacuum becomes a birefringent medium. We show that this QED effect couples the direction of the polarization of photons leaving the N…
The Origin of the Binary Pulsar J0737-3039B
Tsvi Piran, Nir J. Shaviv
Evolutionary scenarios suggest that the progenitor of the new binary pulsar J0737-3039B \cite{ref1,ref2} was a He-star with $M > 2.1-2.3~\Ms$ \cite{ref3,ref4}. We show that this ca…