Formation of ultra-massive carbon-oxygen white dwarfs from the merger of carbon-oxygen and helium white dwarf pairs
Wu CY(吴程远)1,2,5,6; Xiong, Heran3; Wang, Xiaofeng4,5
刊名MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2022-03-31
卷号512期号:2页码:2972-2987
关键词stars: evolution binaries: close stars: white dwarfs
ISSN号0035-8711
DOI10.1093/mnras/stac273
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Ultra-massive white dwarfs (UMWDs) with masses larger than 1.05M(circle dot) are basically believed to harbour oxygen-neon (ONe) cores. Recently, Gaia data have revealed an enhancement of UMWDs on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram (HRD), which indicates that an extra cooling delay mechanism such as crystallization and elemental sedimentation may exist in UMWDs. Further studies have suggested that some UMWDs should have experienced fairly long cooling delays, implying that they are carbon-oxygen (CO) WDs. However, the formation mechanism of these UMCOWDs is still under debate. In this work, we investigate whether the mergers of massive CO WDs with helium WDs (He WDs) can evolve to UMCOWDs. By employing the stellar evolution code MESA, we construct double WD merger remnants to investigate their final fates. We found that the post-merger evolution of the remnants is similar to R CrB stars. The helium burning of the He shell leads to mass growth of the CO core at a rate of 2.0 x 10(-6) -5.0 x 10(-6) M-circle dot yr(-1). The final CO WD mass is influenced by the wind mass-loss rate during the post-merger evolution, and cannot exceed about 1.2M(circle dot). Remnants with core masses larger than 1.2 M-circle dot will experience surface carbon ignition, which may finally end their lives as ONe WDs. The current results imply that at least some UMWDs that experience extra-long cooling delays may stem from the merging of CO WDs and He WDs.

学科主题天文学 ; 恒星与银河系 ; 恒星形成与演化
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出版地GREAT CLARENDON ST, OXFORD OX2 6DP, ENGLAND
资助项目National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[12003013] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[12033003] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[11633002] ; Beijing Academy of Science and Technology[DZ:BS202002]
WOS关键词R-CORONAE-BOREALIS ; ACCRETION-INDUCED COLLAPSE ; EXTREME HELIUM ; EVOLUTION ; STARS ; BINARIES ; IMPACT ; FATE ; METALLICITY ; PROGENITORS
WOS研究方向Astronomy & Astrophysics
语种英语
出版者OXFORD UNIV PRESS
WOS记录号WOS:000776894900002
资助机构National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[12003013, 12033003, 11633002] ; Beijing Academy of Science and Technology[DZ:BS202002]
内容类型期刊论文
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源URL[http://ir.ynao.ac.cn/handle/114a53/25029]  
专题云南天文台_大样本恒星演化研究组
通讯作者Wu CY(吴程远); Xiong, Heran
作者单位1.Key Laboratory for the Structure and Evolution of Celestial Objects, Yunnan Observatories, CAS, Kunming 650216, China;
2.Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650216, China;
3.Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2611, Australia;
4.Beijing Planetarium, Beijing Academy of Sciences and Technology, Beijing, 100044, China
5.Physics Department and Tsinghua Center for Astrophysics (THCA), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China;
6.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;
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Wu CY,Xiong, Heran,Wang, Xiaofeng. Formation of ultra-massive carbon-oxygen white dwarfs from the merger of carbon-oxygen and helium white dwarf pairs[J]. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY,2022,512(2):2972-2987.
APA Wu CY,Xiong, Heran,&Wang, Xiaofeng.(2022).Formation of ultra-massive carbon-oxygen white dwarfs from the merger of carbon-oxygen and helium white dwarf pairs.MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY,512(2),2972-2987.
MLA Wu CY,et al."Formation of ultra-massive carbon-oxygen white dwarfs from the merger of carbon-oxygen and helium white dwarf pairs".MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY 512.2(2022):2972-2987.
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