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参宿四项目:旋转的限制

The Betelgeuse Project: Constraints from Rotation

J. Craig Wheeler, S. Nance, M. Diaz, S. G. Smith, J. Hickey, L. Zhou, M. Koutoulaki, J. M. Sullivan, J. M. Fowler

摘要:

为了限制红超巨星参宿四的演化状态,我们已经产生了一套模型,ZAMS质量从15到25 Msun的间隔为1 Msun,包括旋转的影响。这些模型是用恒星演化程序MESA计算的。对于非旋转模型,我们发现的结果是类似于其他工作。找到与R、Teff和L的观测值在1 sigma内一致的模型有些困难,但在3 sigma不确定性内比较容易。假设标称观测旋转速度约为15 km/s,则会产生显著不同且具有挑战性的约束。只有当模型第一次接近红超巨星分支(RSB)的底部时,这个速度约束才匹配,已经穿过了赫兹斯普林间隙,但还没有上升到RSB,并且大多数都违反了R,Teff和L上的甚至慷慨的误差条。RSB尖端的模型通常仅以约0.1 km/s的速度旋转,与任何合理的初始旋转选择无关。我们讨论了我们的建模和观测中可能存在的不确定性,包括到参宿四的距离,旋转速度和模型参数。我们总结了解释旋转速度的各种选择,并提出一种可能性是参宿四在上升到RSB时与一颗约1 Msun的伴星合并,在这个过程中产生了在大约7'远的地方观察到的环结构。过去的合并将使理解参宿四的进化历史和未来的尝试变得复杂。

英文摘要:

In order to constrain the evolutionary state of the red supergiant Betelgeuse, we have produced a suite of models with ZAMS masses from 15 to 25 Msun in intervals of 1 Msun including the effects of rotation. The models were computed with the stellar evolutionary code MESA. For non-rotating models we find results that are similar to other work. It is somewhat difficult to find models that agree within 1 sigma of the observed values of R, Teff and L, but modestly easy within 3 sigma uncertainty. Incorporating the nominal observed rotational velocity, ~15 km/s, yields significantly different, and challenging, constraints. This velocity constraint is only matched when the models first approach the base of the red supergiant branch (RSB), having crossed the Hertzsprung gap, but not yet having ascended the RSB and most violate even generous error bars on R, Teff and L. Models at the tip of the RSB typically rotate at only ~0.1 km/s, independent of any reasonable choice of initial rotation. We discuss the possible uncertainties in our modeling and the observations, including the distance to Betelgeuse, the rotation velocity, and model parameters. We summarize various options to account for the rotational velocity and suggest that one possibility is that Betelgeuse merged with a companion star of about 1 Msun as it ascended the RSB, in the process producing the ring structure observed at about 7' away. A past coalescence would complicate attempts to understand the evolutionary history and future of Betelgeuse.

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