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每一个相互作用的双白矮星双星都可能合并

Every interacting double white dwarf binary may merge

Ken J. Shen

摘要:

相互作用的双白矮星双星可以产生各种各样的天体物理结果,从微弱的热核和Ia型超新星到中子星的形成和稳定吸积的AM Canum Venaticorum系统。影响最终结果的一个关键因素是质量传递是否保持动态稳定或相反发散,导致供体的潮汐破坏和合并的二进制。通常认为,对于供体质量与吸积体质量的低比率,质量传递保持稳定,特别是如果通过盘发生吸积。在这封信中,我们研究了低质量比的双白矮星双星,发现富氢质量转移的初始阶段导致了经典的新星样爆发的吸积体。膨胀的新星壳层内的动力学摩擦使轨道收缩,并导致质量转移速率急剧增加,超过了吸积体的爱丁顿极限,可能导致双星合并。如果这对双星在第一次富氢新星爆发中幸存下来,那么随后的氦动力新星壳层内的动力学摩擦将更强烈地推动系统合并。虽然还需要进一步的计算来证实这一结果,对于以前被认为是动力学稳定的整个双星系统来说,似乎大多数(如果不是全部的话)相互作用的双白矮星双星系统将在它们的进化过程中合并。

英文摘要:

Interacting double white dwarf binaries can give rise to a wide variety of astrophysical outcomes ranging from faint thermonuclear and Type Ia supernovae to the formation of neutron stars and stably accreting AM Canum Venaticorum systems. One key factor affecting the final outcome is whether mass transfer remains dynamically stable or instead diverges, leading to the tidal disruption of the donor and the merger of the binary. It is typically thought that for low ratios of the donor mass to the accretor mass, mass transfer remains stable, especially if accretion occurs via a disk. In this Letter, we examine low mass ratio double white dwarf binaries and find that the initial phase of hydrogen-rich mass transfer leads to a classical nova-like outburst on the accretor. Dynamical friction within the expanding nova shell shrinks the orbit and causes the mass transfer rate to increase dramatically above the accretor's Eddington limit, possibly resulting in a binary merger. If the binary survives the first hydrogen-rich nova outbursts, dynamical friction within the subsequent helium-powered nova shells pushes the system even more strongly towards merger. While further calculations are necessary to confirm this outcome for the entire range of binaries previously thought to be dynamically stable, it appears likely that most, if not all, interacting double white dwarf binaries will merge during the course of their evolution.

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