arXivDaily arXiv每日学术速递 周一至周五更新
arXiv 1202.4202astro-ph.SRastro-ph.GA
收藏

两个新的潮汐畸变白矮星

Two New Tidally Distorted White Dwarfs

J. J. Hermes, Mukremin Kilic, Warren R. Brown, M. H. Montgomery, D. E. Winget

摘要:

我们发现了两个新的潮汐畸变白矮星(WD),SDSS J174140.49+652638.7和J211921.96-001825.8(以下简称J1741和J2119)。这两颗恒星都是短周期、分离双星系统中的极低质量(ELM,< 0.2 Msun)WDs。在麦克唐纳天文台获得的高速测光观测揭示了这两个系统的椭球变化和多普勒波束; J1741的最小伴星质量为1.1 Msun,具有在双星系统中观测到的最强多普勒波束信号之一(0.59 \pm 0.06%振幅)。我们使用所观察到的椭球变化来约束每个WD的半径。对于J1741,恒星的半径必须超过0.074 Rsun。对于J2119,半径超过0.10 Rsun。这些间接的半径测量值与开普勒太空船发现的膨胀的WD伴星的半径测量值相当,它们构成了任何WD的最大半径。令人惊讶的是,J1741似乎也显示出0.23 \pm 0.06%的反射效应,我们讨论了这种过度加热的可能来源。J1741和J2119都是强引力波源,利用椭球变化的极小值时间可以探测轨道周期衰减。这可能在十年或更短的时间内实现。

英文摘要:

We identify two new tidally distorted white dwarfs (WDs), SDSS J174140.49+652638.7 and J211921.96-001825.8 (hereafter J1741 and J2119). Both stars are extremely low mass (ELM, < 0.2 Msun) WDs in short-period, detached binary systems. High-speed photometric observations obtained at the McDonald Observatory reveal ellipsoidal variations and Doppler beaming in both systems; J1741, with a minimum companion mass of 1.1 Msun, has one of the strongest Doppler beaming signals ever observed in a binary system (0.59 \pm 0.06% amplitude). We use the observed ellipsoidal variations to constrain the radius of each WD. For J1741, the star's radius must exceed 0.074 Rsun. For J2119, the radius exceeds 0.10 Rsun. These indirect radius measurements are comparable to the radius measurements for the bloated WD companions to A-stars found by the Kepler spacecraft, and they constitute some of the largest radii inferred for any WD. Surprisingly, J1741 also appears to show a 0.23 \pm 0.06% reflection effect, and we discuss possible sources for this excess heating. Both J1741 and J2119 are strong gravitational wave sources, and the time-of-minimum of the ellipsoidal variations can be used to detect the orbital period decay. This may be possible on a timescale of a decade or less.

机构、总结、中文摘要均由AI分析而来,可能存在错误,请以论文正文为准。

↑