Fig. 8

Results of the grid of 1D hydrodynamic wind models with differing base temperatures, stellar masses, and stellar radii, as discussed in Sect. 5.1. The plots show wind velocity at 1 AU (upper left panel), the average wind acceleration between 30 R⋆ and 1 AU (upper right panel), the wind temperature at 1 AU (lower left panel), and the radius at which the wind becomes supersonic (lower right panel), against wind base temperature for all models. Clearly temperature is the most important parameter in determining the properties of the wind. The small spreads in each parameter at each temperature is a result of differing surface escape velocities for stars with different masses and radii. At low temperatures, the wind does not have enough energy to expand and no wind is possible. The red and blue points represent stellar masses above and below 0.65 M⊙ respectively. The dashed lines in the upper panels show the predictions for an isothermal Parker wind from a 1 M⊙ and 1 R⊙ star.
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