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氦扩散和氦闪光引起的碳产生对亚矮星B中引力模脉动的影响

Impact of helium diffusion and helium-flash-induced carbon production on gravity-mode pulsations in subdwarf B stars

Haili Hu, Gijs Nelemans, Conny Aerts, Marc-Antoine Dupret

摘要:

真实的恒星模型对于星震学的正演模拟方法至关重要。然而,出于实用性,还需要某些模型假设。例如,在亚矮星B星的情况下,人们通常从零年龄的水平分支结构开始,而不遵循祖先的演化。我们分析了亚矮星B模型中常见假设对g模脉动性质的影响。我们调查的脉动周期是否以及如何影响的核心包层过渡区的H-配置文件。此外,在核心氦闪期间的C-生产和对流混合的影响进行了评估。最后,我们重新分析了恒星不透明度对亚矮B星模激发的影响。我们发现,氦沉降导致的G-模式不稳定域的理论蓝边更高的有效温度的转变。这导致与观察到的长周期sdB振荡器的不稳定带更接近的匹配,特别是对于l<=3模式。我们进一步表明,g-模式的光谱是非常敏感的H-配置文件的核心包络过渡区。如果原子扩散是有效的,那么轮廓的初始形状的细节在演化过程中变得不那么重要。扩散加宽了化学梯度,导致较低的有效模式捕获和不同的脉动周期。此外,我们报告的可能后果的氦闪光的g模式。闪光引起的对流区域的外缘引入了额外的化学过渡的恒星模型,和相应的尖峰在布伦特-Vaisala频率产生一个复杂的模式捕获签名的周期间隔。

英文摘要:

Realistic stellar models are essential to the forward modelling approach in asteroseismology. For practicality however, certain model assumptions are also required. For example, in the case of subdwarf B stars, one usually starts with zero-age horizontal branch structures without following the progenitor evolution. We analyse the effects of common assumptions in subdwarf B models on the g-mode pulsational properties. We investigate if and how the pulsation periods are affected by the H-profile in the core-envelope transition zone. Furthermore, the effects of C-production and convective mixing during the core helium flash are evaluated. Finally, we reanalyse the effects of stellar opacities on the mode excitation in subdwarf B stars. We find that helium settling causes a shift in the theoretical blue edge of the g-mode instability domain to higher effective temperatures. This results in a closer match to the observed instability strip of long-period sdB pulsators, particularly for l<=3 modes. We show further that the g-mode spectrum is extremely sensitive to the H-profile in the core-envelope transition zone. If atomic diffusion is efficient, details of the initial shape of the profile become less important in the course of evolution. Diffusion broadens the chemical gradients, and results in less effective mode trapping and different pulsation periods. Furthermore, we report on the possible consequences of the He-flash for the g-modes. The outer edge of a flash-induced convective region introduces an additional chemical transition in the stellar models, and the corresponding spike in the Brunt-Vaisala frequency produces a complicated mode trapping signature in the period spacings.

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