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Non-thermal radio emission from O-type stars. II. HD 167971

HD 167971 is a triple system consisting of a 3.3-day eclipsing binary (O5-8 V + O5-8 V) and an O8 supergiant. It is also a well known non-thermal radio emitter. We observed the radio emission of HD 167971 with the Very Large Array (VLA) and the …

Can single O stars produce non-thermal radio emission?

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 …

A layered model for non-thermal radio emission from single O stars

We present a model for the non-thermal radio emission from bright O stars, in terms of synchrotron emission from wind-embedded shocks. The model is an extension of an earlier one, with an improved treatment of the cooling of relativistic electrons. …

A pseudo-planar, periodic-box formalism for modelling the outer evolution of structure in spherically expanding stellar winds

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 …

An XMM-Newton observation of the multiple system HD 167971 (O5-8V + O5-8V + (O8I)) and the young open cluster NGC 6604

We discuss the results of two XMM-Newton observations of the open cluster NGC 6604 obtained in April and September 2002. We concentrate mainly on the multiple system HD 167971 (O5-8V + O5-8V + (O8I)). The soft part of the EPIC spectrum of this system …

Non-thermal radio emission from O-type stars. I. HD168112

We present a radio lightcurve of the O5.5 III(f^+) star HD 168112, based on archive data from the Very Large Array (VLA) and the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA). The fluxes show considerable variability and a negative spectral index, thereby …

Non-thermal radio emission from single hot stars

We present a theoretical model for the non-thermal radio emission from single hot stars, in terms of synchrotron radiation from electrons accelerated in wind-embedded shocks. The model is described by five independent parameters each with a …

Radio and submillimetre observations of wind structure in zeta Puppis

We present radio and submillimetre observations of the O4I(n)f star zeta Pup, and discuss structure in the outer region of its wind ( ~ 10-100 R_*). The properties of bremsstrahlung, the dominant emission process at these wavelengths, make it …

The Outer Evolution of Structure in Radiatively Driven Stellar Winds

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 …

A multi-wavelength investigation of the non-thermal radio emitting O-star 9 Sgr

We report the results of a multi-wavelength investigation of the O4 V star 9 Sgr (= HD 164794). Our data include observations in the X-ray domain with XMM-Newton, in the radio domain with the VLA as well as optical spectroscopy. 9 Sgr is one of a few …