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The line-driven instability may cause pronounced structure in winds of hot, luminous stars, e.g., fragments of dense shells, strong reverse shocks, and fast cloudlets. We discuss the linear stability theory, including the line-drag effect, phase reversal due to the diffuse radiation field, and the relevance of so-called Abbott waves. Recent hydrodynamic simulations focuss on the influence of a time-dependent source function on the flow structure, and on the X-ray emission from wind shocks and cloud collisions.
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Feldmeier, A. (1999). The line-driven instability. In: Wolf, B., Stahl, O., Fullerton, A.W. (eds) Variable and Non-spherical Stellar Winds in Luminous Hot Stars. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 523. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0106393
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