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太阳邻域中一个新的并合双简并双星

A New Merging Double Degenerate Binary in the Solar Neighborhood

John H. Debes, Mukremin Kilic, Pier-Emmanuel Tremblay, Mercedes López-Morales, Guillem Anglada-Escudé, Ralf Napiwotzki, David Osip, Alycia Weinberger

摘要:

描述双简并双星系统的局部空间密度是确定白矮星合并的预期速率的一种补充方法,特别是那些可能演变成其他可观测现象的双星,如极端氦星,Am CVn系统和超新星Ia。然而,在本地空间很少发现这样的系统。我们在这里报告的发现,WD 1242 $-$ 105,附近的一个明亮的WD,是一个双线光谱双星组成的两个退化DA白矮星的质量和温度相似,尽管它以前已被光谱表征为一个单一的简并。后续测光,光谱学和三角视差已经获得了努力,以确定该系统的每个组件的基本参数。该双星的质量比为0.7,三角视差为25.5 mas,距离为39 pc。该系统的总质量为0.95 M $_\odot$,轨道周期为2.85小时,使其成为mHz范围内已知最强的引力波($\log h = -20.78$)。由于它的轨道周期和总质量,WD 1242 $-$ 105被预测在7.4亿年的时间尺度上通过引力辐射合并,这很可能不会导致灾难性的爆炸。

英文摘要:

Characterizing the local space density of double degenerate binary systems is a complementary approach to broad sky surveys of double degenerates to determine the expected rates of white dwarf binary mergers, in particular those that may evolve into other observable phenomena such as extreme helium stars, Am CVn systems, and supernovae Ia. However, there have been few such systems detected in local space. We report here the discovery that WD 1242$-$105, a nearby bright WD, is a double-line spectroscopic binary consisting of two degenerate DA white dwarfs of similar mass and temperature, despite it previously having been spectroscopically characterized as a single degenerate. Follow-up photometry, spectroscopy, and trigonometric parallax have been obtained in an effort to determine the fundamental parameters of each component of this system. The binary has a mass ratio of 0.7 and a trigonometric parallax of 25.5 mas, placing it at a distance of 39 pc. The system's total mass is 0.95 M$_\odot$ and has an orbital period of 2.85 hours, making it the strongest known gravitational wave source ($\log h = -20.78$) in the mHz regime. Because of its orbital period and total mass, WD 1242$-$105 is predicted to merge via gravitational radiation on a timescale of 740 Myr, which will most likely not result in a catastrophic explosion.

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