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富氢白矮星的质量函数:1 Msun附近显著高质量过剩的强有力的观测证据

The mass function of hydrogen-rich white dwarfs: robust observational evidence for a distinctive high-mass excess near 1Msun

A. Rebassa-Mansergas, M. Rybicka, X. -W. Liu, Z. Han, E. Garcia-Berro

摘要:

富氢大气层白矮星的质量函数经常被发现在1 Msun附近有一个明显的高质量过剩。然而,在斯隆数字巡天迄今为止最大的白矮星目录的质量函数中,还没有发现大质量白矮星的显著过剩。因此,高质量过剩是否存在仍然是一个悬而未决的问题。在这项工作中,我们建立的质量函数的最新目录的数据发布10 SDSS富氢白矮星,包括冷和微弱的人口(即有效温度6,000 <~ Teff <~ 12,000 K,相当于12 mag <~ Mbol <~ 13 mag)。我们发现,高质量过剩明显存在于我们的质量函数中,并且只有在考虑最热(最亮)的白矮星(Teff >~ 12,000 K,Mbol <~ 12等)时才消失。这自然解释了为什么以前的SDSS质量函数未能检测到大量过量的高质量白矮星。因此,我们的研究结果提供了额外的和强大的观测证据,在1 Msun附近存在一个独特的高质量过剩。我们调查可能的起源,这一功能,并认为,最合理的情况下,可能会导致观察到的大质量白矮星过剩的合并的退化核心的巨星与主序星或白矮星的同伴期间或不久后,一个共同的信封事件。

英文摘要:

The mass function of hydrogen-rich atmosphere white dwarfs has been frequently found to reveal a distinctive high-mass excess near 1Msun. However, a significant excess of massive white dwarfs has not been detected in the mass function of the largest white dwarf catalogue to date from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Hence, whether a high-mass excess exists or not has remained an open question. In this work we build the mass function of the latest catalogue of data release 10 SDSS hydrogen-rich white dwarfs, including the cool and faint population (i.e. effective temperatures 6,000 <~ Teff <~ 12,000 K, equivalent to 12 mag <~ Mbol <~ 13 mag). We show that the high-mass excess is clearly present in our mass function, and that it disappears only if the hottest (brightest) white dwarfs (those with Teff >~ 12,000 K, Mbol <~ 12 mag) are considered. This naturally explains why previous SDSS mass functions failed at detecting a significant excess of high-mass white dwarfs. Thus, our results provide additional and robust observational evidence for the existence of a distinctive high-mass excess near 1Msun. We investigate possible origins of this feature and argue that the most plausible scenario that may lead to an observed excess of massive white dwarfs is the merger of the degenerate core of a giant star with a main sequence or a white dwarf companion during or shortly after a common envelope event.

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