We present a model for the non-thermal radio emission from presumably single O stars, in terms of synchrotron emission from relativistic electrons accelerated in wind-embedded shocks. These shocks are associated with an unstable, chaotic wind. The …
We present an efficient technique to study the 1D evolution of instability-generated structure in winds of hot stars out to very large distances (~1000 stellar radii). This technique makes use of our previous finding that external forces play little …
We present a moving periodic box technique to study the outer-wind evolution of instability-generated structure in hot-star winds. This has considerable computational and conceptual advantages
We present a new method to study the evolution of instability-generated structure in the outer winds of hot stars. We coin this method a pseudo-planar moving periodic box technique. It makes use of the fact that the outer evolution of structure can …
We investigate stochastic structure in hot-star winds. The structure (i.e. inhomogeneities such as clumps and shocks) is generated by the instability of the line driving mechanism in the inner wind. It is self-excited in the sense that it persists …
The contribution of bound-free and free-free processes to the outward acceleration of zeta Pup is studied and is found to be negligible.