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双白矮星群体合成:演化对系统性质的影响

Population synthesis of double white dwarfs: evolutionary effects on system properties

Astronomical Observatory, University of Warsaw(华沙大学天文台)

Sreeta Roy, Surajit Kalita

AI总结:

研究双白矮星二元系统的演化路径对其物理和轨道性质的影响,揭示核心组成与质量转移率的关联,为LISA观测提供理论框架。

摘要:

双白矮星(DWD)二元系统是恒星二元演化的自然产物,是未来空间引力波观测设施如LISA的关键源。我们研究了不同二元相互作用通道如何塑造DWD系统的物理和轨道性质,重点关注组件质量、轨道分离、核心组成和质量转移率。使用二元群体合成代码COMPAS,我们演算$10^7$个具有物理驱动初始分布的二元参数的二元系统。我们的模拟重现了最终轨道分离的强双峰性,包括围绕$100-500 \rm\,R_\odot$的显著缺失,这源于不同的演化路径:宽DWDs主要源于稳定的罗奇半径溢流(RLOF),而近邻DWDs通过不稳定的RLOF形成至少一个共同包层(CE)阶段。此外,我们表明WD的核心组成是演化历史的强大示踪剂:He核心WDs集中在近邻系统,而CO核心WDs覆盖整个分离范围并表现出宽二元中的小质量间隙。我们进一步识别了供体质量转移率与最终轨道分离之间的相关性,突显了非保守质量转移对DWD系统最终轨道配置的影响。这些结果强调了演化通道、化学组成和质量转移率之间的联系;从而为Gaia DWD样本解释和预测LISA可访问的联合电磁和引力波群体提供了一个独特的框架。

英文摘要:

Double white dwarf (DWD) binaries are natural outcomes of binary stellar evolution and key sources for future space-based gravitational wave (GW) observatories such as Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). We investigate how different binary interaction channels shape the physical and orbital properties of DWD systems, focusing on component masses, orbital separations, core compositions, and mass transfer rates. Using the binary population synthesis code COMPAS, we evolve $10^7$ binaries with physically motivated initial distributions of binary parameters. Our simulations reproduce the strong bimodality in the final orbital separations, including a pronounced deficit of systems around $100-500 \rm\,R_\odot$, arising from distinct evolutionary pathways: wide DWDs predominantly originate from stable Roche lobe overflow (RLOF), while close DWDs form through unstable RLOF leading to at least one common envelope (CE) phase. Moreover, we show that the core compositions of WDs provide a powerful tracer of evolutionary history: He-core WDs are strongly concentrated in close systems, whereas CO-core WDs span the full separation range and exhibit a small mass gap in wide binaries. We further identify a correlation between the donor mass transfer rate and the final orbital separation, highlighting the impact of non-conservative mass transfer on the resulting orbital configuration of DWD systems. These results underscore the links among evolutionary channels, chemical composition, and mass transfer rates; thereby provide a unique framework for interpreting Gaia DWD samples and forecasting the joint electromagnetic and GW population accessible to LISA.

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