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arXiv 2001.10147astro-ph.SR
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孤立和相互作用的白矮星中的磁场

Magnetic fields in isolated and interacting white dwarfs

Lilia Ferrario, D. T. Wickramasinghe, Adela Kawka

摘要:

磁白矮星(MWD)要么是孤立的,要么是相互作用的双星。他们分为两组:一个高场组(0.1-1,000兆高斯),约占所有白矮星(WD)的13%,以及一个低场组(B<0.1兆高斯),其发生率目前正在调查中。这种情况在磁双星中可能是类似的,因为在低场系统中明亮的吸积盘隐藏了它们WD的光球层,从而阻止了对它们磁场强度和结构的研究。关于磁场的起源这一令人争论的问题已作了大量的研究。一种假说是WD磁场是化石起源的。另一种观点认为,磁场是在共包络演化过程中,通过不同的旋转,从双星相互作用中产生的。最近发现的人口热,富碳WD表现出的发病率高达约70%的磁性和可变性从几分钟到几天可能支持合并的二元假说。一些研究已经提出了在MWD周围探测行星的可能性。岩石行星可以通过MWD的异常大气加热探测来发现。行星残骸最近在大约25%的被Ca,Si等元素污染的WDs的大气中发现,通常还有Mg,Fe,Na。这种污染被解释为行星碎片的不断积累。在未来的许多年里,对孤立和增生MWD的研究可能会继续产生令人兴奋的发现。

英文摘要:

The magnetic white dwarfs (MWDs) are found either isolated or in interacting binaries. They divide into two groups: a high field group (0.1-1,000MegaGauss) comprising some 13% of all white dwarfs (WDs), and a low field group (B<0.1MG) whose incidence is currently under investigation. The situation may be similar in magnetic binaries because the bright accretion discs in low field systems hide the photosphere of their WDs thus preventing the study of their magnetic fields' strength and structure. Considerable research has been devoted to the vexed question on the origin of magnetic fields. One hypothesis is that WD magnetic fields are of fossil origin. The other is that magnetic fields arise from binary interaction, through differential rotation, during common envelope evolution. The recently discovered population of hot, carbon-rich WDs exhibiting an incidence of magnetism of up to about 70% and a variability from a few minutes to a couple of days may support the merging binary hypothesis. Several studies have raised the possibility of the detection of planets around MWDs. Rocky planets may be discovered by the detection of anomalous atmospheric heating of the MWD. Planetary remains have recently revealed themselves in the atmospheres of about 25% of WDs that are polluted by elements such as Ca, Si, and often also Mg, Fe, Na. This pollution has been explained by ongoing accretion of planetary debris. The study of isolated and accreting MWDs is likely to continue to yield exciting discoveries for many years to come.

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