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激变变初始有效温度:对双星Angular Momentum损失的限制

Cataclysmic Variable Primary Effective Temperatures: Constraints on Binary Angular Momentum Loss

Dean M. Townsley, Boris T. Gaensicke

摘要:

我们回顾了最具决定性的表面有效温度,Teff,目前可用的测量白矮星(WD)在激变变量(CV)在吸积静止,并使用这些作为诊断其时间平均吸积率<Mdot>。使用随时间变化的WD信封的计算,我们调查的敏感性的静态Teff长期变化的吸积率。我们发现,静态Teff提供了一个最好的测试预测的角动量损失和由此产生的质量传递速率,管理CV的演变。虽然引力辐射足以解释<Mdot>在所有波布的强磁性CV,更快的角动量损失是由矮新星主星(非磁性系统)的温度所要求的。这提供了证据,一个正常的恒星磁场结构附近的次级是必不可少的增强制动机制的工作,支持著名的恒星风制动假说。对比度<Mdot>在轨道周期Porb &gt; 3小时时最显著,高于周期间隙,但在较短的Porb时也有适度的增强。反映的平均时间<Mdot>对于低系统是10^5年<Mdot>,而对于高系统是10^3年<Mdot>。我们根据这些时间尺度和我们必然不完整的系统样本讨论了关于CV群体得出的结论的安全性。对周期间隙以上的非磁性系统的测量低于传统恒星风制动处方的预测,但高于最近的预测,角动量损失较弱。我们还讨论了显然高Teff的发现在VY Scl星。(节略)

英文摘要:

We review the most decisive currently available measurements of the surface effective temperatures, Teff, of white dwarf (WD) primaries in cataclysmic variables (CVs) during accretion quiescence, and use these as a diagnostic for their time averaged accretion rate, <Mdot>. Using time-dependent calculations of the WD envelope, we investigate the sensitivity of the quiescent Teff to long term variations in the accretion rate. We find that the quiescent Teff provides one of the best available tests of predictions for the angular momentum loss and resultant mass transfer rates which govern the evolution of CVs. While gravitational radiation is sufficient to explain the <Mdot> of strongly magnetic CVs at all Porb, faster angular momentum loss is required by the temperatures of dwarf nova primaries (non-magnetic systems). This provides evidence that a normal stellar magnetic field structure near the secondary is essential for the enhanced braking mechanism to work, supporting the well-known stellar wind braking hypothesis. The contrast in <Mdot> is most prominent for orbital periods Porb > 3 hours, above the period gap, but a modest enhancement is also present at shorter Porb. The averaging time which <Mdot> reflects is as much as 10^5 years for low-<Mdot> systems and as little as 10^3 years for high-<Mdot> systems. We discuss the security of conclusions drawn about the CV population in light of these time scales and our necessarily incomplete sample of systems. Measurements for non-magnetic systems above the period gap fall below predictions from traditional stellar wind braking prescriptions, but above more recent predictions with somewhat weaker angular momentum loss. We also discuss the apparently high Teff's found in the VY Scl stars. (abridged)

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