An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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rotational Eddington limit hadd-e Eddington-e carxeši Fr.: limite d'Eddington avec rotation The → Eddington limit of luminosity for a → rotating star in which both the effects of → radiative acceleration and rotation are important. Such objects mainly include → OB stars, → LBV, → supergiants, and → Wolf-Rayet stars. It turns out that the maximum permitted luminosity of a star is reduced by rotation, with respect to the usual Eddington limit (Maeder & Meynet, 2000, A&A, 361, 159). → rotational; → Eddington limit. |
