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用改进的三维模型大气求解冷DA白矮星的表面重力分布问题

Solution to the problem of the surface gravity distribution of cool DA white dwarfs from improved 3D model atmospheres

P. -E. Tremblay, H. -G. Ludwig, M. Steffen, P. Bergeron, B. Freytag

摘要:

由光谱分析确定的冷(Teff <13,000 K)氢-大气DA型白矮星的表面重力值明显高于这些恒星的标准值log g ~ 8。最近得出的结论是,在混合长度理论的框架内对流能量传输的治疗问题是这个高对数g问题的最合理的解释。我们通过从一个小序列(11,300 K < Teff <12,800 K)的3D流体动力学模型大气中计算冷对流白矮星的模型光谱来研究这种差异,该模型大气具有对流和辐射转移的复杂处理。我们的方法是进行3D和标准1D模型之间的差异分析。我们发现,3D光谱预测显着较低的表面重力,与正确的振幅作为有效温度的函数,以获得平均值的log g ~ 8的校正。我们的结论是,冷对流DA白矮星的表面重力分布更接近热辐射物体时,使用,对流的治疗,而不是混合长度框架的三维模型。

英文摘要:

The surface gravities of cool (Teff < 13,000 K) hydrogen-atmosphere DA white dwarfs, determined from spectroscopic analyses, are found to be significantly higher than the canonical value of log g ~ 8 expected for these stars. It was recently concluded that a problem with the treatment of convective energy transport within the framework of the mixing-length theory was the most plausible explanation for this high-log g problem. We pursue the investigation of this discrepancy by computing model spectra of cool convective white dwarfs from a small sequence (11,300 K < Teff < 12,800 K) of 3D hydrodynamical model atmospheres, which feature a sophisticated treatment of convection and radiative transfer. Our approach is to proceed with a differential analysis between 3D and standard 1D models. We find that the 3D spectra predict significantly lower surface gravities, with corrections of the right amplitude as a function of effective temperature to obtain values of log g ~ 8 on average. We conclude that the surface gravity distribution of cool convective DA white dwarfs is much closer to that of hotter radiative objects when using, for the treatment of the convection, 3D models instead of the mixing-length framework.

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