Luminous Blue Variables: An Overview

Eric Peng
Second Year Seminar (Spring 1997)

 
• Introduction
• Characteristics of LBVs
  • LBVs on the H-R diagram
  • Eddington Luminosity
  • Eruptions and Variability
  • Circumstellar Material and Mass Loss
  • The Instability Strip and the Opaque Wind Limit
• Possible Mechanisms
• Summary
• References
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