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行星状星云Henize 2-428的中央双星系统是Ia型超新星的祖先吗?

Is the central binary system of the planetary nebula Henize 2-428 a Type Ia supernova progenitor?

Enrique Garcia-Berro, Noam Soker, Leandro G. Althaus, Ignasi Ribas, Juan C. Morales

摘要:

我们批判性地讨论了双极行星状星云Henize 2-428中心双星系统的最新观测结果。我们发现,两个等质量的简并物体的总质量大于Eschrasekhar极限质量,据说将在不到一个哈勃时间合并,可能导致SN~Ia,提出的解释是有争议的。该假设依赖于He II 5412 A谱线的可变性是由于两个吸收分量的假设。相反,我们认为它可以由中央系统的宽吸收线解释,在中央系统的顶部有一条来自星云的窄发射线。这促使我们研究双星系统是否可以由一颗简并恒星和一颗低质量主序星伴星组成,或者由两颗质量较小的简并天体组成。我们发现,虽然这两种情况下可以解释存在两个对称的宽极小的光变曲线,第二个同意更好的观察。因此,我们认为,声称Henize 2-428提供了观测证据支持SN~Ia的双简并方案是不成熟的。

英文摘要:

We critically discuss the recent observations of the binary system at the center of the bipolar planetary nebula Henize 2-428. We find that the proposed explanation of two equal-mass degenerate objects with a total mass larger than the Chandrasekhar limiting mass that supposedly will merge in less than a Hubble time, possibly leading to a SN~Ia, is controversial. This hypothesis relies on the assumption that the variability of the He II 5412A spectral line is due to two absorption components. Instead, we propose that it can be accounted for by a broad absorption line from the central system on top of which there is a narrow emission line from the nebula. This prompted us to study if the binary system can be made of a degenerate star and a low-mass main sequence companion, or of two degenerate objects of smaller mass. We find that although both scenarios can account for the existence of two symmetric broad minima in the light curve, the second one agrees better with observations. We thus argue that the claim that Henize 2-428 provides observational evidence supporting the double-degenerate scenario for SN~Ia is premature.

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