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Mass-loss Processes

Mass-Loss Processes is a theoretical construct in stellar astrophysics that refers to the mechanisms by which pre-main sequence stars eject material from their outer layers through winds, jets, and disk outflows, thereby reducing their mass during early evolutionary stages.

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Dynamics of the Interplanetary Gas and Magnetic Fields.

E. N. Parker · The Astrophysical Journal · 1958 · 3.6K citations

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Mass-loss predictions for O and B stars as a function of metallicity

Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2001 · 1.7K citations · Full text

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Evolution of low- and intermediate-mass stars to the end of the asymptotic giant branch with mass loss

E. Vassiliadis, P. R. Wood · The Astrophysical Journal · 1993 · 1.3K citations

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Mass Loss: Its Effect on the Evolution and Fate of High-Mass Stars

Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2014 · 1K citations · Full text

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Starburst‐driven Mass Loss from Dwarf Galaxies: Efficiency and Metal Ejection

Mordecai‐Mark Mac Low, Andrea Ferrara · The Astrophysical Journal · 1999 · 995 citations · Full text

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    J. S. Vink

    Armagh Observatory & Planetarium, United Kingdom

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  2. AD
    A. de Koter

    University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

    26 publications · 3K citations

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    H. Olofsson

    Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

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    L. Decin

    KU Leuven, Belgium

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    A. A. Zijlstra

    University of Manchester, United Kingdom

    18 publications · 741 citations

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  1. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

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  2. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

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  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

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  4. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

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  5. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

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  6. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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    101 publications

    10.2K citations

  7. KU Leuven

    Leuven, Belgium

    31 h-index

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  8. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 420 publications · 35.2K citations

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  2. Astronomy and Astrophysics

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  3. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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  4. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 36 publications · 1.7K citations

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  5. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)

    Repository · 30 publications · 1.9K citations

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