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低金属丰度双星能避免合并吗?

Can low metallicity binaries avoid merging?

S. E. de Mink, M. Cottaar, O. R. Pols

摘要:

双星系统中快速的质量转移会使吸积的恒星脱离热平衡,导致其膨胀。这可能会导致一个接触系统,强烈的质量损失系统,并可能合并两颗恒星。在低金属量恒星中,由于不透明度较低,热量传输的时间尺度较短。因此,吸积恒星可以更快地恢复热平衡,并可能避免接触。我们研究了吸积对具有不同金属丰度辐射包层的主序星的影响。我们发现,一颗低金属量(Z<0.001)的4太阳质量恒星在到达一定半径之前,其吸积速率比太阳金属量恒星高10 ~ 30倍。这可能意味着,当我们比较低金属丰度时,在快速传质过程中接触的系统少了两倍。这个因素是不确定的,由于未知的分布的二元参数和金属丰度的传质时间尺度的依赖。在即将发表的论文中,我们将提出分析适合于人口合成模型中使用的吸积恒星在各种金属丰度的模型。

英文摘要:

Rapid mass transfer in a binary system can drive the accreting star out of thermal equilibrium, causing it to expand. This can lead to a contact system, strong mass loss from the system and possibly merging of the two stars. In low metallicity stars the timescale for heat transport is shorter due to the lower opacity. The accreting star can therefore restore thermal equilibrium more quickly and possibly avoid contact. We investigate the effect of accretion onto main sequence stars with radiative envelopes with different metallicities. We find that a low metallicity (Z<0.001), 4 solar mass star can endure a 10 to 30 times higher accretion rate before it reaches a certain radius than a star at solar metallicity. This could imply that up to two times fewer systems come into contact during rapid mass transfer when we compare low metallicity. This factor is uncertain due to the unknown distribution of binary parameters and the dependence of the mass transfer timescale on metallicity. In a forthcoming paper we will present analytic fits to models of accreting stars at various metallicities intended for the use in population synthesis models.

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