An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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A quantity defined as Π = (dM/dt) v_∞ R^0.5 for a star with radius R having a wind with → terminal velocity v_∞ and a → mass loss rate dM/dt. There is a tight linear relation between the modified wind momenta and the stellar luminosities for → Population I→ O stars. See also → wind momentum.

→ modify; → wind; → momentum.

The product of the → mass loss rate and → terminal velocity used in the → radiation-driven wind theory. See also → modified wind momentum.

→ wind; → momentum.