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致密白矮星双星的轨道演化

Orbital Evolution of Compact White Dwarf Binaries

David L. Kaplan, Lars Bildsten, Justin D. R. Steinfadt

摘要:

最近在具有更大质量氦白矮星(WD)的紧联星中发现的极低质量(ELM,Mhe<0.2 Msun)的WD引起了我们对理解其质量转移性质的兴趣。这些天体拥有小(Menv~ 1 e-3 Msun)但厚的氢包层,半径比冷的WD大,因此在6-10分钟的轨道周期内开始富氢物质的质量转移。在D 'Antona等人的原始工作的基础上,我们确认了1 E6年期间的持续螺旋与质量转移的H-丰富的物质,并强调,螺旋直接影响双WD二进制HM Cancri可能有一个ELM WD捐助者。ELM WD在质量损失下具有较小的半径膨胀,因此能够实现更大范围的施主质量,其可以稳定地转移物质并成为He质量转移AM CVn二元体。即使在长寿命的AM CVn质量传递阶段,这些He WD也具有较大的半径,这是由于它们的更高熵来自延长的H燃烧阶段。

英文摘要:

The new-found prevalence of extremely low mass (ELM, Mhe<0.2 Msun) helium white dwarfs (WDs) in tight binaries with more massive WDs has raised our interest in understanding the nature of their mass transfer. Possessing small (Menv~1e-3 Msun) but thick hydrogen envelopes, these objects have larger radii than cold WDs and so initiate mass transfer of H-rich material at orbital periods of 6-10 minutes. Building on the original work of D'Antona et al., we confirm the 1e6 yr period of continued inspiral with mass transfer of H-rich matter and highlight that the inspiraling direct-impact double WD binary HM Cancri likely has an ELM WD donor. The ELM WDs have less of a radius expansion under mass loss, thus enabling a larger range of donor masses that can stably transfer matter and become a He mass transferring AM CVn binary. Even once in the long-lived AM CVn mass transferring stage, these He WDs have larger radii due to their higher entropy from the prolonged H burning stage.

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