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The Evolution of Circumstellar Medium around Rotating Massive Stars

Journal article published in 2007 by S. M. Chitã, A. J. van Marle ORCID, G. García Segura, N. Langer
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Abstract

A rotating 12 M star, after its main-sequence evolution, becomes a redsupergiant when it starts core He burning. During core helium burning, as consequence of a variation of the hydrogen shell burning eciency, the star undergoes a so called lue loop", i.e. it evolves into a blue supergiant stage, where it nishes core helium burning and becomes a redsupergiant again, before exploding as a supernova. We try to explain the structures in Sher 25 and in SN 1987A through wind asymmetry caused by rotation. We use a stellar evolution model to provide us with the time dependent stellar wind parameters such as wind velocity and mass-loss rate. These parameters serve as an input for hydrodynamical simulation of the circumstellar medium. The blue loop causes a very aspherical structure due to rotation, while the main sequence and redsupergiant phases are basically spherical. We can conclude that the asymmetry of Sher 25 can be explained through stellar rotation