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球状星团中白矮星的约束反冲

Constraining white-dwarf kicks in globular clusters

Jeremy S. Heyl

摘要:

渐近巨星分支恒星的风足够强,如果它稍微不对称,它可以将恒星推出其诞生的疏散星团,或者显著改变其通过球状星团的轨道;因此,如果这些恒星风是不对称的,我们可以预期,在疏散星团中,所有年龄的白矮星都是不足的,而年轻的白矮星的径向集中度要低于它们的径向集中度。球状星团中的祖先或更老的白矮星。最近观察到后一种效应。因此,对球状星团中年轻白矮星径向分布的详细研究可以提供一个独特的探测器,探测渐近巨星分支和行星状星云形成过程中的质量损失,这两个过程都是金属丰度和恒星质量有限范围的函数。

英文摘要:

The wind of an asymptotic-giant-branch stars is sufficiently strong that if it is slightly asymmetric, it can propel the star outside of the open cluster of its birth or significantly alter its trajectory through a globular cluster; therefore, if these stellar winds are asymmetric, one would expect a deficit of white dwarfs of all ages in open clusters and for young white dwarfs to be less radially concentrated than either their progenitors or older white dwarfs in globular clusters. This latter effect has recently been observed. Hence, detailed studies of the radial distribution of young white dwarfs in globular clusters could provide a unique probe of mass loss on the asymptotic giant branch and during the formation of planetary nebulae both as a function of metallicity and a limited range of stellar mass.

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