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氦白矮星脉动的研究

A Search for Pulsations in Helium White Dwarfs

Justin D. R. Steinfadt, Lars Bildsten, David L. Kaplan, Benjamin J. Fulton, Steve B. Howell, T. R. Marsh, Eran O. Ofek, Avi Shporer

摘要:

最近大量的巡天,特别是斯隆数字巡天,已经发现了许多低质量(M < 0.45 Msun)的白矮星,它们的核心应该是由几乎纯的氦组成的。这些WD有两种类型:质量为0.2 < M < 0.45 Msun的WD,其H包层非常薄,因此它们会迅速冷却;而质量为M < 0.2 Msun的WD(通常称为极低质量,ELM,WD),其H包层足够厚,可以维持10^9年的H燃烧。在这两种情况下,这些WD通过ZZ Ceti不稳定带,Teff = 9,000 - 12,000 K,其中g模式脉动总是发生在碳/氧WD中。这种期望,再加上理论工作的C/O和他的核心WD之间的对比,激励我们寻找脉动在12个以及氦WD的特点。我们在这里报告我们未能找到任何在我们的样品中的反式。虽然我们有不同的振幅限制,但似乎需要更仔细地考虑这些物体中关于脉动开始的理论预期。我们鼓励更多的观察,新的他WD样品成为可用,并推测在理论工作可能需要。

英文摘要:

The recent plethora of sky surveys, especially the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, have discovered many low-mass (M < 0.45 Msun) white dwarfs that should have cores made of nearly pure helium. These WDs come in two varieties; those with masses 0.2 < M < 0.45 Msun and H envelopes so thin that they rapidly cool, and those with M < 0.2 Msun (often called extremely low mass, ELM, WDs) that have thick enough H envelopes to sustain 10^9 years of H burning. In both cases, these WDs evolve through the ZZ Ceti instability strip, Teff = 9,000-12,000 K, where g-mode pulsations always occur in Carbon/Oxygen WDs. This expectation, plus theoretical work on the contrasts between C/O and He core WDs, motivated our search for pulsations in 12 well characterized helium WDs. We report here on our failure to find any pulsators amongst our sample. Though we have varying amplitude limits, it appears likely that the theoretical expectations regarding the onset of pulsations in these objects requires closer consideration. We close by encouraging additional observations as new He WD samples become available, and speculate on where theoretical work may be needed.

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