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新星具有长时间的超软发射,驱动高吸积率

Novae With Long-Lasting Supersoft Emission That Drive a High Accretion Rate

Bradley E. Schaefer, Andrew C. Collazzi

摘要:

我们确定了一类新的新星,其特征在于喷发后的静态光变曲线比喷发前的光变曲线亮约10倍。其中8颗新星(V723 Cas、V1500 Cyg、V1974 Cyg、GQ Mus、CP Pup、T Pyx、V4633 Sgr和RW UMi)与其他新星明显不同。这群恒星具有一系列不寻常的特性,其特征是爆发后的亮度比爆发前要亮得多,轨道周期短,爆发后持续时间长的超软发射,高度磁化的白矮星,以及在爆发后的静止期长期下降。我们提出了一个基本的物理图像,显示了为什么所有五个不寻常的属性是因果关系连接。大多数新星没有足够的吸积来持续燃烧氢,但如果伴星在附近(轨道周期短),并且磁场将物质引导到白矮星上的一个小区域,从而产生局部高吸积率,则可以实现这一点。由此产生的超软通量照射伴星并驱动更高的吸积率(具有更明亮的爆发后阶段),这有助于保持氢燃烧和超软通量。反馈回路不能完全自我维持,因此超软通量将随着时间的推移而下降,迫使吸积速率和系统亮度下降。我们以原型命名这个新组,V1500 Cyg。天鹅座V1500恒星绝对不是Ia型超新星的祖先。天鹅座V1500恒星的物理机制和外观与冬眠模型预测的新星相似,但这组恒星只占新星的14%。

英文摘要:

We identify a new class of novae characterized by the post-eruption quiescent light curve being more than roughly a factor of ten brighter than the pre-eruption light curve. Eight novae (V723 Cas, V1500 Cyg, V1974 Cyg, GQ Mus, CP Pup, T Pyx, V4633 Sgr, and RW UMi) are separated out as being significantly distinct from other novae. This group shares a suite of uncommon properties, characterized by the post-eruption magnitude being much brighter than before eruption, short orbital periods, long-lasting supersoft emission following the eruption, a highly magnetized white dwarf, and secular declines during the post-eruption quiescence. We present a basic physical picture which shows why all five uncommon properties are causally connected. Most novae do not have adequate accretion for continuous hydrogen burning, but some can achieve this if the companion star is nearby (with short orbital period) and a magnetic field channels the matter onto a small area on the white dwarf so as to produce a locally high accretion rate. The resultant supersoft flux irradiates the companion star and drives a higher accretion rate (with a brighter post-eruption phase), which serves to keep the hydrogen burning and the supersoft flux going. The feedback loop cannot be perfectly self-sustaining, so the supersoft flux will decline over time, forcing a decline in the accretion rate and the system brightness. We name this new group after the prototype, V1500 Cyg. V1500 Cyg stars are definitely not progenitors of Type Ia supernovae. The V1500 Cyg stars have similar physical mechanisms and appearances as predicted for nova by the hibernation model, but with this group accounting for only 14% of novae.

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