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白矮星碰撞和近距离碰撞的光滑粒子流体动力学模拟

Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics simulations of white dwarf collisions and close encounters

P. Lorén-Aguilar, J. Isern, E. García-Berro

摘要:

两颗白矮星的碰撞在致密的恒星系统中是相当频繁的事件,如球状星团和星系核。在本文中,我们提出了一套模拟的两个白矮星的近距离接触和碰撞的结果。我们使用一个最新的光滑粒子流体动力学代码,它结合了非常详细的输入物理和人工粘性的改进处理。我们的模拟使用了大量的粒子(~ 4 \times 10 ^5),并涵盖了碰撞白矮星的广泛速度和初始距离。我们详细讨论了当初始偏心的二进制白矮星生存的最接近的方法,当一个横向碰撞,其中发生几个质量转移事件的结果,新形成的二进制系统,以及输入参数的范围导致直接碰撞,其中只有一个质量转移事件发生。我们还讨论了最终配置的特点,我们评估可能的观测签名的合并,如相关的引力波形和回落光度。我们发现,系统的整体演化和最终对象的主要特征与以前的研究中发现的一致。我们还发现回落光度接近10^48 erg/s。最后,我们还发现,在横向和直接碰撞的情况下,引力波形的特点是由大振幅的峰值,其次是一个衰荡阶段,而在这种情况下,其中的二进制白矮星生存的最接近的方法,引力图案显示出独特的行为,典型的偏心系统。

英文摘要:

The collision of two white dwarfs is a quite frequent event in dense stellar systems, like globular clusters and galactic nuclei. In this paper we present the results of a set of simulations of the close encounters and collisions of two white dwarfs. We use an up- to-date smoothed particle hydrodynamics code that incorporates very detailed input physics and an improved treatment of the artificial viscosity. Our simulations have been done using a large number of particles (~ 4 \times 10^5) and covering a wide range of velocities and initial distances of the colliding white dwarfs. We discuss in detail when the initial eccentric binary white dwarf survives the closest approach, when a lateral collision in which several mass transfer episodes occur is the outcome of the newly formed binary system, and which range of input parameters leads to a direct collision, in which only one mass transfer episode occurs. We also discuss the characteristics of the final configuration and we assess the possible observational signatures of the merger, such as the associated gravitational waveforms and the fallback luminosities. We find that the overall evolution of the system and the main characteristics of the final object agree with those found in previous studies. We also find that the fallback luminosities are close to 10^48 erg/s. Finally, we find as well that in the case of lateral and direct collisions the gravitational waveforms are characterized by large-amplitude peaks which are followed by a ring-down phase, while in the case in which the binary white dwarf survives the closest approach, the gravitational pattern shows a distinctive behavior, typical of eccentric systems.

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