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银盘中双星白矮星的合并率

The Merger Rate of Binary White Dwarfs in the Galactic Disk

Carles Badenes, Dan Maoz

摘要:

我们利用斯隆数字巡天中约4000颗白矮星的多历元光谱资料来约束银河系中双白矮星系统的种群特性,并计算它们的合并率。与蒙特卡洛代码,我们模拟DRVmax的分布,最大径向速度之间的位移曝光的同一颗恒星,作为一个函数的二进制分数在0.05 AU,fbin,和幂律指数的分离分布在结束时的共同信封阶段,α。虽然在fbin和alpha之间有一些简并,但我们发现的15个高DRVmax系统限制了这些参数的组合,这决定了每单位恒星质量的白矮星合并率为1.4(+3.4,-1.0)e-13 /yr/Msun(1-sigma极限)。这与在银河星系中测量到的每单位恒星质量的Ia型超新星的比率非常相似。超亚克拉塞卡合并速率仅为1.0(+1.6,-0.6)e-14 /yr/Msun。我们的结论是,没有足够的密切的二进制白矮星系统复制观察到的Ia型SN率在“经典”的双简并超超-Brachasekhar的情况。另一方面,如果亚阿布拉塞卡合并可以导致Ia型SN,正如最近一些研究所表明的那样,它们可能对整体Ia型SN率做出重大贡献。虽然不太可能,但我们不能排除我们的样本被M-矮双星或非高斯误差污染的可能性。这些问题将在不久的将来通过完成所有15个高DRVmax系统的随访来澄清。

英文摘要:

We use multi-epoch spectroscopy of about 4000 white dwarfs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey to constrain the properties of the Galactic population of binary white dwarf systems and calculate their merger rate. With a Monte Carlo code, we model the distribution of DRVmax, the maximum radial velocity shift between exposures of the same star, as a function of the binary fraction within 0.05 AU, fbin, and the power-law index in the separation distribution at the end of the common envelope phase, alpha. Although there is some degeneracy between fbin and alpha, the the fifteen high DRVmax systems that we find constrain the combination of these parameters, which determines a white dwarf merger rate per unit stellar mass of 1.4(+3.4,-1.0)e-13 /yr/Msun (1-sigma limits). This is remarkably similar to the measured rate of Type Ia supernovae per unit stellar mass in Milky-Way-like Sbc galaxies. The rate of super-Chandrasekhar mergers is only 1.0(+1.6,-0.6)e-14 /yr/Msun. We conclude that there are not enough close binary white dwarf systems to reproduce the observed Type Ia SN rate in the 'classic' double degenerate super-Chandrasekhar scenario. On the other hand, if sub-Chandrasekhar mergers can lead to Type Ia SNe, as recently suggested by some studies, they could make a major contribution to the overall Type Ia SN rate. Although unlikely, we cannot rule out contamination of our sample by M-dwarf binaries or non-Gaussian errors. These issues will be clarified in the near future by completing the follow-up of all 15 high DRVmax systems.

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