Bibcode
Lenorzer, A.; Herrero, A.; Villamariz, M. R.; Garcia, M.
Bibliographical reference
Mass Loss from Stars and the Evolution of Stellar Clusters ASP Conference Series, Vol. 388, proceedings of the conference held 29 May - 1 June 2006, in Lunteren, The Netherlands. Edited by Alex de Koter, Linda J. Smith, and Laurens B. F. M. Waters. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2008., p.195
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Description
For the large population of massive stars lying behind dust, among which
are the youngests and potentially the most massive of our Galaxy, none
of the commonly used wind diagnostics can be applied. As an alternative,
a few observable infrared hydrogen lines are strong enough to hold wind
diagnostics similarly to Hα. Using current
state-of-the-art model atmospheres adapted to near-infrared studies, we
investigate the profiles, line forming region and formation mechanisms
for three of them as a function of Mdot.
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