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NGC 6397球状星团白矮星的结晶物理

The Physics of Crystallization from Globular Cluster White Dwarf Stars in NGC 6397

D. E. Winget, S. O. Kepler, Fabiola Campos, M. H. Montgomery, Leo Girardi, P. Bergeron, Kurtis Williams

摘要:

利用哈勃空间望远镜对球状星团NGC 6397的自行清理测光,得到了白矮星内部深处的色星等图和光度函数,探讨了白矮星内部深处的结晶物理。我们证明了这些数据与白矮星内部离子结晶的理论是一致的,并提供了第一个经验证据,证明相变是一级的:潜热是在结晶过程中释放的,正如van Horn(1968)所预测的。我们概述了如何使用这些数据来观测约束的值γ = E_{Coulomb} / E_{thermal}附近的结晶开始,中心的碳/氧丰度,和相分离的重要性。

英文摘要:

We explore the physics of crystallization in the deep interiors of white dwarf stars using the color-magnitude diagram and luminosity function constructed from proper motion cleaned Hubble Space Telescope photometry of the globular cluster NGC 6397. We demonstrate that the data are consistent with the theory of crystallization of the ions in the interior of white dwarf stars and provide the first empirical evidence that the phase transition is first order: latent heat is released in the process of crystallization as predicted by van Horn (1968). We outline how this data can be used to observationally constrain the value of Gamma = E_{Coulomb}/E_{thermal} near the onset of crystallization, the central carbon/oxygen abundance, and the importance of phase separation.

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