Radiation-driven mass loss and its effect on massive-star evolution KU Leuven
The evolutionary paths of massive stars toward their violent deaths are highly influenced by a number of complex processes in their interiors and atmospheres, for example pulsations and mass loss from powerful starlight-driven winds. A proper understanding of these aspects of stellar physics is essential to obtain reliable predictions for the life-cycles of massive stars. In this thesis, we will – for the first time – combine models ...