AbstractAlfvén 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.


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    Title :

    Alfvén waves as a driving mechanism in stellar winds


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 46 , 4 ; 509-513


    Publication date :

    2008-12-09


    Size :

    5 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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