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前白矮星演化对鲸鱼座ZZ星脉动性质和星震学推论的影响

The impact of pre-white dwarf evolution on the pulsational properties and asteroseismological inferences of ZZ Ceti stars

F. C. De Gerónimo, L. G. Althaus, A. H. Córsico, A. D. Romero, S. O. Kepler

摘要:

鲸鱼座ZZ恒星是脉动的白矮星,在核心氦燃烧(CHeB)和热脉冲渐近巨分支(TP-AGB)阶段,有一个碳氧核心(或可能是最大质量的恒星)。通过利用星震学解释它们的脉动周期,可以推断它们的起源和演化的细节。鲸鱼座ZZ星的脉动光谱与其内部化学结构密切相关。目前,有几个影响化学剖面的过程仍然没有准确确定。我们目前的不确定性的影响,在白矮星祖先的预期脉动性能和恒星参数推断的ZZ鲸鱼座恒星的星震拟合演化的研究。我们的分析是基于一套碳氧核心白矮星模型,来自全面的进化计算从ZAMS的ZZ Ceti域。我们考虑的模型中,我们改变了热脉冲的数量,过冲量,和碳-α反应速率在其不确定性。我们探讨了这些主要的不确定性在先前的化学结构和预期的脉动谱演化的影响。我们发现,这些不确定性产生显着变化的g-模式脉动周期被发现在TP-AGB阶段最相关的脉动属性和星震学派生的恒星参数的ZZ鲸鱼座恒星。我们的结论是,白矮星的祖先演化的不确定性,应考虑到这些脉动星的详细的星震学分析。

英文摘要:

ZZ Ceti stars are pulsating white dwarfs with a carbon-oxygen core (or possibly ONe for the most massive stars) build up during the core helium burning (CHeB) and thermally pulsing Asymptotic Giant Branch (TP-AGB) phases. Through the interpretation of their pulsation periods by means of asteroseismology, details about their origin and evolution can be inferred. The whole pulsation spectrum exhibited by ZZ Ceti stars strongly depend on the inner chemical structure. At present, there are several processes affecting the chemical profiles that are still not accurately determined. We present a study of the impact of current uncertainties in the evolution of white dwarf progenitor on the expected pulsation properties and on the stellar parameters inferred from asteroseismological fits of ZZ Ceti stars. Our analysis is based on a set of carbon-oxygen core white dwarf models that are derived from full evolutionary computations from the ZAMS to the ZZ Ceti domain. We considered models in which we varied the number of thermal pulses, the amount of overshooting, and the carbon-alpha reaction rate within their uncertainties. We explore the impact of these major uncertainties in prior evolution on the chemical structure and expected pulsation spectrum. We find that these uncertainties yield significant changes in the g-mode pulsation periods being those found during the TP-AGB phase the most relevant for the pulsational properties and the asteroseismological derived stellar parameters of ZZ Ceti stars. We conclude that the uncertainties in the white dwarf progenitor evolution should be taken into account in detailed asteroseismological analyses of these pulsating stars.

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