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用热闪方案模拟富氦次矮星

Modeling He-rich subdwarfs through the hot-flasher Scenario

M. M. Miller Bertolami, L. G. Althaus, K. Unglaub, A. Weiss

摘要:

我们提出了一维数值模拟,旨在研究热闪光的情况下形成的富氦亚矮星。这些序列是根据各种金属丰度和物理假设计算的,例如氦核闪光时的恒星质量。这使我们能够研究两个先前提出的风味的热闪光的情况下(“深”和“浅”的混合情况),并确定第三过渡类型。我们的序列是通过同时求解扩散对流图像内的混合和燃烧方程,并在标准混合长度理论的背景下计算的。我们能够遵循的化学演化过程中的深混合事件中,氢被猛烈燃烧,因此能够提出一个均匀的丰度为不同的金属和品种的热闪光。我们通过分析非标准假设的影响来扩展我们的工作范围,例如化学梯度的影响,对流边界处的额外混合,对流速度的可能减少,或者扩散和质量损失之间的相互作用。特别强调的是放在模型的预测表面特性。我们发现,热闪光的情况下是一个可行的解释的形成和表面性质的He-SDO星。我们的研究结果还表明,在早期的氦芯燃烧阶段,元素扩散可能会产生(热闪后)富氦气氛到氦缺乏的转变。如果是这样的话,那么我们发现He-sdO星应该是一些最热的sdB星的祖先。

英文摘要:

We present 1D numerical simulations aimed at studying the hot-flasher scenario for the formation of He-rich subdwarf stars. Sequences were calculated for a wide range of metallicities and physical assumptions, such as the stellar mass at the moment of the helium core flash. This allows us to study the two previously proposed flavors of the hot-flasher scenario ("deep" and "shallow" mixing cases) and to identify a third transition type. Our sequences are calculated by solving simultaneously the mixing and burning equations within a diffusive convection picture, and in the context of standard mixing length theory. We are able to follow chemical evolution during deep-mixing events in which hydrogen is burned violently, and therefore able to present a homogeneous set of abundances for different metallicities and varieties of hot-flashers. We extend the scope of our work by analyzing the effects of non-standard assumptions, such as the effect of chemical gradients, extra-mixing at convective boundaries, possible reduction in convective velocities, or the interplay between difussion and mass loss. Particular emphasis is placed on the predicted surface properties of the models. We find that the hot-flasher scenario is a viable explanation for the formation and surface properties of He-sdO stars. Our results also show that, during the early He-core burning stage, element diffusion may produce the transformation of (post hot-flasher) He-rich atmospheres into He-deficient ones. If this is so, then we find that He-sdO stars should be the progenitors of some of the hottest sdB stars.

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