arXiv 1206.69772012-06-29astro-ph.SR

热亚矮星特写- II。单颗和宽双星亚矮星B的转动性质

Hot subdwarf stars in close-up view - II. Rotational properties of single and wide binary subdwarf B stars

S. Geier, U. Heber

备注：: 12 pages, 7 figures, A&A, in press
DOI：: 10.1051/0004-6361/201219463

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亚发光B星（sdBs）形成水平支的极热端，因此与蓝色水平支（BHB）星有关。虽然BHB星的旋转特性已被广泛研究，sdB星的研究集中在近距离双星，其组件之间的潮汐相互作用的影响。在这里，我们提出了一个研究的105 sdB星，这是单星或宽双星潮汐效应变得可以忽略不计。投影的旋转速度已被确定通过使用高分辨率的光谱测量金属线的加宽。我们样本中的所有恒星都是慢自转恒星（${v_{\rm rot}\sin{i}}<10\,{\rm km\,s^{-1}}$）。此外，$v_{\rm rot}\sin{i}$ -分布的单一sdBs是类似的热次矮星在宽的双星与主序星的同伴，以及密切的双星系统看不见的同伴和周期超过$\simeq1.2\,{\rm d}$。我们发现，蓝色水平和极端水平分支恒星也相关的表面旋转和角动量。热蓝水平分支恒星（$T_{\rm eff}>11\,500\,{\rm K}$）的大气层以扩散为主，它们是缓慢的旋转体，就像位于极端水平分支的热亚矮星，在红巨星阶段失去了更多的包层和角动量。单星和宽星双星的均匀自转分布对我们理解热亚矮星的形成提出了挑战。特别是理论预测的氦白矮星合并的高比例似乎与本文的结果不一致。

英文摘要：

Subluminous B stars (sdBs) form the extremely hot end of the horizontal branch and are therefore related to the blue horizontal branch (BHB) stars. While the rotational properties of BHB stars have been investigated extensively, studies of sdB stars have concentrated on close binaries that are influenced by tidal interactions between their components. Here we present a study of 105 sdB stars, which are either single stars or in wide binaries where tidal effects become negligible. The projected rotational velocities have been determined by measuring the broadening of metal lines using high-resolution optical spectra. All stars in our sample are slow rotators (${v_{\rm rot}\sin{i}}<10\,{\rm km\,s^{-1}}$). Furthermore, the $v_{\rm rot}\sin{i}$-distributions of single sdBs are similar to those of hot subdwarfs in wide binaries with main-sequence companions as well as close binary systems with unseen companions and periods exceeding $\simeq1.2\,{\rm d}$. We show that blue horizontal and extreme horizontal branch stars are also related in terms of surface rotation and angular momentum. Hot blue horizontal branch stars ($T_{\rm eff}>11\,500\,{\rm K}$) with diffusion-dominated atmospheres are slow rotators like the hot subdwarf stars located on the extreme horizontal branch, which lost more envelope and therefore angular momentum in the red-giant phase. The uniform rotation distributions of single and wide binary sdBs pose a challenge to our understanding of hot subdwarf formation. Especially the high fraction of helium white dwarf mergers predicted by theory seems to be inconsistent with the results presented here.

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