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Table 1

Models of spherically-symmetric and stationary dust-driven winds of AGB stars with different mass-loss lates, based on the empirical nucleation rate for SiO, Eq. (16).

Quantity Symbol Unit

Stellar parameters
Mass-loss 1 2 3 5 10 20 30 50 10-5M yr-1
Mass M 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 M
Luminosity L 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 103L
Temperature T 2700 2700 2700 2700 2700 2700 2700 2700 K
Radius R 323 323 323 323 323 456 456 456 R
Sonic point
Position r c 9.21 7.98 7.50 7.05 6.60 6.42 6.20 5.93 R
Temperature T(rc) 629.1 675.9 697.1 719.0 743.2 753.4 766.9 783.7 K
Pressure p(rc) 1.75 4.85 8.35 16.0 37.1 39.5 64.2 118 10-10 bar
Degree of condensation f(rc) 13.4 14.06 14.5 15.4 17.6 6.37 6.15 6.77 %
Dust shell
Terminal velocity v 4.42 5.42 6.08 7.01 8.67 10.71 11.81 13.10 km s-1
Terminal condensation f 19.4 26.9 33.9 47.2 71.4 62.7 75.8 88.3 %
Rosseland optical depth τ R 0.36 0.75 1.03 2.37 6.21 5.26 9.31 18.02
Visual optical depth τ 0.5  μm 0.97 2.01 3.26 6.39 16.75 14.19 25.10 48.60

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