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R型CrB恒星能由两颗氦白矮星合并形成吗?

Can R CrB stars form from the merger of two helium white dwarfs?

Xianfei Zhang, C. Simon Jeffery

摘要:

由于引力波辐射的轨道衰变,一些近距离的氦白矮星有望在哈勃时间内合并。合并的直接产物被认为是富含氦的sdO星,本质上是氦主序星。我们提出了新的演化计算,这些合并后的恒星超出核心氦燃烧阶段。质量最大的氦-SDO会发展出一个强烈的氦燃烧外壳,并演化成富氦巨星。我们包括核合成计算合并后的$0.4 \rm M_{\odot}$氦白矮星对金属丰度$Z = 0.0001, 0.004, 0.008$和0.02。由此产生的巨星的表面化学成分与观测到的北冕座R和极端氦星的丰度部分一致。除了CO+He白矮星合并和之前提出的非常晚的热脉冲通道之外,这样的恒星可能代表了后者的第三个(尽管很罕见)演化通道。我们证实了最近的一个建议,在R\,CrB星中看到的锂可以在合并的热阶段自然形成的\iso{3}{He}从施主白矮星的存在。

英文摘要:

Due to orbital decay by gravitational-wave radiation, some close-binary helium white dwarfs are expected to merge within a Hubble time. The immediate merger products are believed to be helium-rich sdO stars, essentially helium main-sequence stars. We present new evolution calculations for these post-merger stars beyond the core helium-burning phase. The most massive He-sdO's develop a strong helium-burning shell and evolve to become helium-rich giants. We include nucleosynthesis calculations following the merger of $0.4 \rm M_{\odot}$ helium white-dwarf pairs with metallicities $Z = 0.0001, 0.004, 0.008$ and 0.02. The surface chemistries of the resulting giants are in partial agreement with the observed abundances of R Coronae Borealis and extreme helium stars. Such stars might represent a third, albeit rare, evolution channel for the latter, in addition to the CO+He white dwarf merger and the very-late thermal pulse channels proposed previously. We confirm a recent suggestion that lithium seen in R\,CrB stars could form naturally during the hot phase of a merger in the presence of \iso{3}{He} from the donor white dwarf.

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