Radiatively Driven Winds of OB Stars -- from Micro to Macro
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We review basic physics of line-driven stellar winds of OB stars. We discuss elementary processes due to which stellar winds are accelerated on a microscopic level. We show how these microscopic processes may enable the outflow and how they determine wind properties on a macroscopic level. We discuss shortcomings of present wind theories and future wind model improvements.
12 pages; to appear in the proceedings of Active OB-Stars: Laboratories for Stellar & Circumstellar Physics, S. Stefl, S. Owocki and A. Okazaki eds
12 pages; to appear in the proceedings of Active OB-Stars: Laboratories for Stellar & Circumstellar Physics, S. Stefl, S. Owocki and A. Okazaki eds