The slow winds of A-type supergiants

GRANADA, A.; CURE, M.; CIDALE, L. S.

Paris

Simposio; IAU Symposium 272: Active OB stars: structure, evolution, mass loss, and critical limits; 2010

International Astronomical Union

The line driven- and rotation modulated-wind theory predicts an alternative slow solution, besides from the standard m-CAK solution,when the rotational velocity is close to the critical velocity. We study the behaviour of the winds of A-type supergiants (Asg) and show that under particular conditions, e.g., when the δ line-force parameter is about 0.25, the slow solution could exist over the whole star, even for the cases when the rotational speed is slow or zero. We discuss density and velocity profiles as well as possible observational counterparts.