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几乎等质量白矮星作为亚发光Ia型超新星祖先的剧烈合并

Violent mergers of nearly equal-mass white dwarf as progenitors of subluminous Type Ia supernovae

R. Pakmor, S. Hachinger, F. K. Roepke, W. Hillebrandt

摘要:

亚发光Ia型超新星(SNe Ia)的起源长期以来一直没有任何解释,因为所有的克拉塞卡质量模型都有严重的问题来重现它们。最近,有人提出两颗0.9 M太阳的白矮星的剧烈合并可能导致类似1991 bg的超新星Ia事件。在这里,我们调查这种情况是否仍然适用于合并的两个白矮星的质量比小于1。我们的目标是确定在合并过程中仍然形成爆炸的质量比范围,因为只有这些事件才会导致超新星Ia。这一范围是人口综合的一个重要因素,也是判断假设是否可行的一个决定性因素。此外,我们进行了一个模型的分辨率研究。最后讨论了初始质量为0.9 M_sun的剧烈白矮星合并与类1991 bg超新星Ia的关系。最新版本的光滑粒子流体动力学代码Gadget3用于演化具有不同质量比的二元系统,直到它们合并。我们分析结果并寻找可能形成爆炸的热点。我们发现,合并的两个白矮星的主要白矮星质量约为0.9 M_sun和质量比大于约$0.8$强劲地达到我们所需要的条件,点燃爆炸,从而在合并本身产生热核爆炸。我们还发现,虽然我们的模拟还没有完全解决热点问题,但提高分辨率会导致更有可能引发爆炸的条件。(节略)

英文摘要:

The origin of subluminous Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) has long eluded any explanation, as all Chandrasekhar-mass models have severe problems reproducing them. Recently, it has been proposed that violent mergers of two white dwarfs of 0.9 M_sun could lead to subluminous SNe Ia events that resemble 1991bg-like SNe~Ia. Here we investigate whether this scenario still works for mergers of two white dwarfs with a mass ratio smaller than one. We aim to determine the range of mass ratios for which a detonation still forms during the merger, as only those events will lead to a SN Ia. This range is an important ingredient for population synthesis and one decisive point to judge the viability of the scenario. In addition, we perform a resolution study of one of the models. Finally we discuss the connection between violent white dwarf mergers with a primary mass of 0.9 M_sun and 1991bg-like SNe Ia. The latest version of the smoothed particle hydrodynamics code Gadget3 is used to evolve binary systems with different mass ratios until they merge. We analyze the result and look for hot spots in which detonations can form. We show that mergers of two white dwarfs with a primary white dwarf mass of ~0.9 M_sun and a mass ratio larger than about $0.8$ robustly reach the conditions we require to ignite a detonation and thus produce thermonuclear explosions during the merger itself. We also find that while our simulations do not yet completely resolve the hot spots, increasing the resolution leads to conditions that are even more likely to ignite detonations. (abridged)

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