The Structure of Winds in AGB Stars
arXiv:astro-ph/0207513 · doi:10.1007/978-94-010-0139-7_64
Abstract
Most dusty winds are described by a set of similarity functions of a single independent variable that can be chosen as the overall optical depth at visual. The self-similarity implies general scaling relations among the system parameters, in agreement with observations. Dust drift through the gas has a major impact on the structure of most winds.
To appear in proc. of "Workshop on Mass-Losing Pulsating Stars and their Circumstellar Matter", Sendai, Japan (May 2002)