Saturday, 2 October 2010

astrophysics - Dust mass-loss rate from a massive star given a set of parameters?

I've been looking for examples at how mass-loss rates are determined.



I'm studying a circumstellar dust shell ejected from a Wolf-Rayet star. I have some parameters like, expansion velocity of the shell (60km/s), the dust mass of the shell (0.1 M_sun), the radii of the shell (R_in=10000 AU and R_out=60000) and its age (T=26000 yrs).



I was wondering if there's a formula relating those parameters and if they are sufficient to determine the dust mass-loss rate or its dependent on other factors.



Could anyone help?

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