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热DA白矮星中重元素外部起源的证据

Evidence for an external origin of heavy elements in hot DA white dwarfs

M. A. Barstow, J. K. Barstow, S. L. Casewell, J. B. Holberg, I. Hubeny

摘要:

本文对89颗温度在16000- 77000 K的氢大气(DA型)白矮星进行了系统的丰度测量。这是迄今为止对辐射力显著的白矮星进行的最大规模的研究,超过了我们早期主要基于IUE和HST数据的工作三倍。利用重元素覆盖的非LTE恒星大气计算,我们讨论了重元素丰度模式,使用\c{hi} 2拟合技术完全客观地测量丰度值及其误差范围。我们能够确定在给定温度范围内所看到的大范围的丰度,并确定在光学上看起来除了H之外大气中没有任何物质的恒星的入射。我们比较观测到的丰度预测的辐射悬浮计算,揭示了小的协议。我们认为,重元素的供应是从外部来源,而不是内在的恒星吸积。这些元素然后通过辐射悬浮保留在白矮星的大气中,这个模型可以解释类似温度和重力的恒星的测量丰度的多样性,包括明显纯H包层的情况,以及在辐射悬浮不再有效的温度下光球金属的存在。

英文摘要:

We present a series of systematic abundance measurements for 89 hydrogen atmosphere (DA-type) white dwarfs with temperatures spanning 16000-77000K drawn from the FUSE spectral archive. This is the largest study to date of white dwarfs where radiative forces are significant, exceeding our earlier work, based mainly on IUE and HST data, by a factor three. Using heavy element blanketed non-LTE stellar atmosphere calculations, we have addressed the heavy element abundance patterns making completely objective measurements of abundance values and their error ranges using a \c{hi}2 fitting technique. We are able to establish the broad range of abundances seen in a given temperature range and establish the incidence of stars which appear, in the optical, to be atmospherically devoid of any material other than H. We compare the observed abundances to predictions of radiative levitation calculations, revealing little agreement. We propose that the supply of heavy elements is accreted from external sources rather than being intrinsic to the star. These elements are then retained in the white dwarf atmospheres by radiative levitation, a model that can explain both the diversity of measured abundances for stars of similar temperature and gravity, including cases with apparently pure H envelopes, and the presence of photospheric metals at temperatures where radiative levitation is no longer effective.

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