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激变变星中的氦白矮星

Helium White Dwarfs in Cataclysmic Variables

Ken J. Shen, Irit Idan, Lars Bildsten

摘要:

双星演化预测了一群氦核(M < 0.5 Msol)白矮星(WD),它们正在缓慢地吸积来自低质量主序星或褐矮星施主的富氢物质,轨道周期小于4小时。目前已知银河系中有四个双星在几个Gyr内达到这样的质量转移状态。尽管这些预测和观测的祖双星,仍然没有安全的情况下,氦核心WD之间的质量转移激变变量(CV)。这使我们计算出一旦吸积开始以角动量损失设定的Mdot <1 e-10 Msol/yr的速率进行,He WDs的命运。我们指出,冷的He核温度(Tc <1 e7 K)和低的Mdot导致在热核逃逸开始时积累~ 1 e-3 Msol的富氢物质。Shara和他的合作者注意到,这些巨大的累积质量可能会导致异常长的经典新星(CN)事件。对于一个典型的0.2 Msol的供体星,这样的双星只能产生几百个CNe,使得这些事件在所有CNe中非常罕见。我们计算的再加热的吸积WD,允许在静止的矮新星的WD有效温度的测量值进行比较,并提高WD地震可能是最好的方式来确认存在的He WD的可能性。我们还发现CN爆发后出现了一个非常长(> 1000年)的稳定燃烧阶段,这可能解释了RX J 0537 -7034(P_orb = 3.5 hr)和1 E 0035.4-7230(P_orb = 4.1 hr)等神秘的短轨道周期超软源。

英文摘要:

Binary evolution predicts a population of helium core (M < 0.5 Msol) white dwarfs (WDs) that are slowly accreting hydrogen-rich material from low mass main sequence or brown dwarf donors with orbital periods less than four hours. Four binaries are presently known in the Milky Way that will reach such a mass-transferring state in a few Gyr. Despite these predictions and observations of progenitor binaries, there are still no secure cases of helium core WDs among the mass-transferring cataclysmic variables (CVs). This led us to calculate the fate of He WDs once accretion begins at a rate Mdot < 1e-10 Msol/yr set by angular momentum losses. We show here that the cold He core temperatures (T_c < 1e7 K) and low Mdot result in ~ 1e-3 Msol of accumulated H-rich material at the onset of the thermonuclear runaway. Shara and collaborators noted that these large accumulated masses may lead to exceptionally long classical nova (CN) events. For a typical donor star of 0.2 Msol, such binaries will only yield a few hundred CNe, making these events rare amongst all CNe. We calculate the reheating of the accreting WD, allowing a comparison to the measured WD effective temperatures in quiescent dwarf novae and raising the possibility that WD seismology may be the best way to confirm the presence of a He WD. We also find that a very long (> 1000 yr) stable burning phase occurs after the CN outburst, potentially explaining enigmatic short orbital period supersoft sources like RX J0537-7034 (P_orb = 3.5 hr) and 1E 0035.4-7230 (P_orb = 4.1 hr).

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