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利用观测序列E星族预测双星红巨星的命运:双星行星状星云核和后RGB星

Predicting the Fate of Binary Red Giants Using the Observed Sequence E Star Population: Binary Planetary Nebula Nuclei and Post-RGB Stars

J. D. Nie, P. R. Wood, C. P. Nicholls

摘要:

序列E变星是近距离的红巨星联星,其光度变化呈椭球状。它们很可能是具有近距离双星中心的行星状星云(PNe)的直接前身。我们用蒙特卡罗模拟确定了红巨星双星中通过共同包络事件产生密近双星系统或合并星的比例。这种模拟的新颖之处在于,我们使用在LMC中观察到的序列E二进制的频率来规范我们的计算。在我们的标准模型中,我们发现在今天的大麦哲伦星云中,有近距离中心双星的PNe比例为7- 9%,有中间周期中心双星的PNe比例具有能够影响星云形状的分离(P<500年)是23- 27%,包含无法影响星云形状的宽双星的PNe分数(P>500年)是46- 55%,来自单星的PNe的比例是3-19%,来自先前合并星的PNe的比例是5-6%。我们还预测后RGB星的出生率约为总PN出生率的4%,相当于近距离双星的PNE产生率的50%。这些后RGB恒星最初很可能是发光的低质量氦白矮星双星。我们使用我们的模型和观测到的红巨星在LMC的RGB的顶部一个星等的数量来预测在LMC的PNe的数量。我们预测的548 PNE与Reid & Parker(2006)观察到的541+/-89 PNE非常一致。在我们的模型中,由于大多数PNe来自单个或非相互作用的双星,这意味着大多数这样的恒星产生PNe,这与“双星假说”相反,该假说认为需要双星相互作用才能产生PN。

英文摘要:

Sequence E variables are close binary red giants that show ellipsoidal light variations. They are likely the immediate precursors of planetary nebulae (PNe) with close binary central. We have made a Monte Carlo simulation to determine the fraction of red giant binaries that go through a common envelope (CE) event leading to the production of a close binary system or a merged star. The novel aspect of this simulation is that we use the observed frequency of sequence E binaries in the LMC to normalize our calculations. In our standard model, we find that in the LMC today the fraction of PNe with close binary central stars is 7-9%, the fraction of PNe with intermediate period binary central stars having separations capable of influencing the nebula shape (P<500 yrs) is 23-27%, the fraction of PNe containing wide binaries that are unable to influence the nebula shape (P>500 yrs) is 46-55%, the fraction of PNe derived from single stars is 3-19% and 5-6% of PNe are produced by previously merged stars. We also predict that the birthrate of post-RGB stars is ~4% of the total PN birthrate, equivalent to ~50% of the production rate of PNe with close binary central stars. These post-RGB stars most likely appear initially as luminous low-mass helium white dwarf binaries. We use our model and the observed number of red giant stars in the top one magnitude of the RGB in the LMC to predict the number of PNe in the LMC. We predict 548 PNe in good agreement with the 541+/-89 PNe observed by Reid & Parker (2006). Since most of these PNe come from single or non-interacting binary stars in our model, this means that most such stars produce PNe contrary to the "Binary Hypothesis" which suggests that binary interaction is required to produce a PN.

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