| Issue |
A&A
Volume 373, Number 1, July I 2001
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|
|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 122 - 125 | |
| Section | Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies) | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010666 | |
| Published online | 15 July 2001 | |
Rotation and the wind momentum-luminosity relation for extragalactic distances
Geneva Observatory, 1290 Sauverny, Switzerland
Received:
12
February
2001
Accepted:
27
April
2001
The effects of axial stellar rotation on the wind-momentum relation (WLR) for determining the extragalactic distances are investigated. Despite the fact that the mass loss rates grow quite a lot with rotation, remarkably the effects on the WLR are found to be very small on average. As an example, for an average orientation angle between the rotation axis and the line of sight, the luminosity would be overestimated by 5.9% for a star rotating at 90% of its break-up rotational velocity. Different orientation angles between the rotation axis and the line of sight produce some limited scatter.
Key words: stars: distances / stars: mass loss / stars: variables: general / stars: winds and outflows / galaxies: distances and redshifts
© ESO, 2001
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