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Certain cataclysmic variables may evolve into low mass X-ray binaries if the white dwarfs can steadily accrete sufficient mass to exceed the Chandrasekhar limit. We present spectra of a recurrent nova and a low mass X-ray binary which are very similar to each other, and are also unusual for the strengths of the observed He II emission. We suggest that this similarity is not coincidental, but is evidence for an evolutionary link between the two classes of objects. A hydrogen depletion in the accreting gas is implied from the emission line fluxes, and may be an important parameter in determining whether accreted gas remains bound to the white dwarf, enabling eventual core collapse to occur.Paper presented at the IAU Colloquium No. 93 on Cataclysmic Variables. Recent Multi-Frequency Observations and Theoretical Developments, held at Dr. Remeis-Sternwarte Bamberg, F. R. G., 16–19 June, 1986.  相似文献   

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Carbon-oxygen white dwarfs may be the progenitors of type-I supernovae. Spherically-symmetric models of such dwarfs have been evolved from an artificial core incineration. The convectively unstable incinerated region was allowed to grow at a velocity prescribed by the mixing-length theory of convection. The mixing length can be varied to give different cases. In all the cases considered the dwarfs exploded and were totally disrupted. The calculations were stopped after the dwarf matter had gone into homologous expansion. The model with the best estimated mixing length incinerated 0.8M . The energy released in burning this amount of carbon-oxygen to56Ni provides a disrupted dwarf with velocities suitable for type-I supernovae.Research supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council.  相似文献   

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With the recent detection of direct white dwarf photospheric radiation from certain cataclysmic variables in quiescent (low accretion) states, important implications and clues about the nature and long-term evolution of cataclysmic variables can emerge from an analysis of their physical properties. Detection of the underlying white dwarfs has led to a preliminary empirical CV white dwarf temperature distribution function and, in a few cases, the first detailed look at a freshly accreted white dwarf photosphere. The effective temperatures of CV white dwarfs plotted versus orbital period for each type of CV appears to reveal a tendency for the cooler white dwarf primaries to resisde in the shorter period systems. Possible implications are briefly discussed.Paper presented at the IAU Colloquium No. 93 on Cataclysmic Variables. Recent Multi-Frequency Observations and Theoretical Developments, held at Dr. Remeis-Sternwarte Bamberg, F.R.G., 16–19 June, 1986  相似文献   

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We present models for Type I supernova light curves based on the explosion of partially solid white dwarfs in close binary systems. Studies of such explosions show that they leave bound remnants of different size. Our results reproduce quite well the maximun luminosities, the expansion velocities and the shape of the light curve. As the two basic parameters that govern the light curve, the ejected mass and the mass of56Ni produced, are variable our models reproduce the slow and fast subclasses of classical Type I supernovae.Paper presented at the IAU Colloquium No. 93 on Cataclysmic Variables. Recent Multi-Frequency Observations and Theoretical Developments, held at Dr. Remeis-Sternwarte Bamberg, F.R.G., 16–19 June, 1986.  相似文献   

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We analyze the time evolution of the number of accreting white dwarfs with surface shell hydrogen burning in semidetached and detached binaries. We consider the case where continuous star formation with a constant rate takes place in a stellar system over 1010 Gyr and the case of a starburst in which the same mass of stars is formed over 109 Gyr. The evolution of the number of white dwarfs is compared with the evolution of the rate of events that are usually considered as SNe Ia and/or accretion-induced collapses, i.e., the accumulation of a Chandrasekhar mass by white dwarfs or the merger of white dwarf pairs with a total mass greater than or equal to the Chandrasekhar one. In stellar systems with a starburst, the supersoft X-ray sources observed at t = 1010 yr are most likely not the progenitors of SNe Ia. The same is true for a significant fraction of the sources in systems with a constant star formation rate. In both cases, the merger of white dwarfs is the dominant mechanism of SNe Ia. In symbiotic binaries, accreting CO dwarfs do not accumulate enough mass for an SNe Ia explosion, while ONeMg dwarfs finish their evolution by an accretion-induce collapse with the formation of a neutron star.  相似文献   

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We consider in this paper the evolution of a collapsing (or exploding), uniformly rotating, uniformly magnetized spheroidal star with non-aligned rotational and magnetic axes. Analytical expressions were obtained for the change in angle (obliquity) between the two axes (based on the frozen field condition), and the energy loss via magnetic, dipole radiation. Numerical estimates with typical data show that the obliquity increases (asymptotically to /2) with the collapse from white dwarf to neutron star, and the energy loss could be as much as 4×1039 ergs, about twice the amount emitted when the two axes are aligned.  相似文献   

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The problem of the energy released by interstellar matter in its accretion by low-luminosity stars is examined. It is found that nearly all the gravitational energy is available as the energy source for the accreting star. When this source of energy becomes predominant, a luminosity-temperature relation can be derived.Evolutionary consequences for the white dwarfs are discussed.The behaviour of selected classes of white dwarfs is recognized in the theoretical H.R. diagram.The evidence for a separation between field white dwarfs and Hyades cluster's white dwarfs is shortly discussed. For the Hyades white dwarfs a well defined sequence in good agreement with a constant accretion locus is found.A critical discussion is finally given on the efficiency of the accretion mechanism in the Hyades dwarfs.
Sommario Viene discusso il problema dell'energia ceduta dalla materia interstellare nei processi di cattura gravitazionale da parte di oggetti stellari di bassa luminosità. Si mostra come le maggior parte di questa energia sia effettivamente ceduta alla struttura stellare.Nei casi in cui l'energia di accrescimento predomini sulle altre sorgenti di energia è possibile ricavare una relazione luminosità-temperatura. Sono discusse possibili conseguenze sull'evoluzione delle nane bianche.E'esaminato il comportamento di alcune classi di nane bianche nel diagramma H.R. teorico, e viene brevemente discussa l'evidenza per una reale separazione delle nane bianche di campo da quelle nell'ammasso delle Iadi. Per queste ultime in particolare si trova una sequenza molto ben definita, in ottimo accordo con un luogo di costante accrescimento.Un esame critico è infine compiuto riguardo la possibile efficienza dell'accrescimento nelle nane delle Iadi.
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I compute the maximum number of observable brown dwarfs for various infrared surveys by combining the maximum possible Oort limit (0.1 missing Mpc–3 with all possible brown dwarf mass and age distributions. This approach shows what limits will be placed on the contribution of brown dwarfs to any possible missing mass if no brown dwarfs are observed. I consider brown dwarfs with masses of 0.01—0.08 M and ages of 109—1010 years.The full range of predicted numbers of brown dwarfs above 6 times the noise of each of the below surveys is: IRAS Point Source Catalog 0.02—6 IRAS Faint Source Catalog |b| > 10° 0.05—16 ISO (2 week 12µm survey) 0.15—80 SIRTF (2 week 12µm survey) 2.50—1600 WIRE (4 month 12µm survey) 21.80—6000 DENIS (half sky) |b| > 10° 0.00—2000 2MASS (full sky) |b| > 10° 0.00—8000A failure to find brown dwarfs in the IRAS FSC would just barely rule out about half of the mass—age range for Oort limit total masses. A failure to find brown dwarfs in 2MASS/DENIS would rule out roughly the same mass—age range, but would set a limit of 0.1—0.01 times the Oort mass in that mass—age region. No limits would be set for the other half of the mass—age range since both IRAS and 2MASS/DENIS have insufficient sensitivity for brown dwarfs with T < 750 K.A failure to find brown dwarfs with ISO would rule out almost all of the mass—age range for Oort limit total masses, but would not set a significantly lower limit to the brown dwarf mass limit. A failure to find brown dwarfs with SIRTF or WIRE would rule out the entire mass—age range for Oort limit total masses and set an upper limit of 0.1—0.001 times the Oort mass.To date, about 18% of the IRAS FSC has been searched down to 6, and no brown dwarfs have been found. This sets a 95% upper limit of 3 in 18% of the sky, or 13 in the entire FSC for |b| > 10°. To begin to set useful limits from 2MASS or DENIS, approximately 400 square degrees needs to be analyzed. To date, only a few square degrees of results from the 2MASS prototype camera have been examined, with no brown dwarfs found so far.  相似文献   

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The population synthesis method is used to study the possibility of explaining the appreciable fraction of the intergalactic type-Ia supernovae (SN Ia), 20 −15 +12 %, observed in galaxy clusters (Gal-Yam et al. 2003) when close white dwarf binaries merge in the cores of globular clusters. In a typical globular cluster, the number of merging double white dwarfs does not exceed ∼10−13 per year per average cluster star in the entire evolution time of the cluster, which is a factor of ∼3 higher than that in a Milky-Way-type spiral galaxy. From 5 to 30% of the merging white dwarfs are dynamically expelled from the cluster with barycenter velocities up to 150 km s−1. SN Ia explosions during the mergers of double white dwarfs in dense star clusters may account for ∼1% of the total rate of thermonuclear supernovae in the central parts of galaxy clusters if the baryon mass fraction in such star clusters is ∼0.3%.  相似文献   

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We show that the discrepancies among the various measurements of the radial velocity curve of the K5 V star in the dwarf nova SS Cyg have been caused by (1) poor choices of lines for measuring its velocity and (2) large distortions in its velocity caused by heating from the white dwarf and its accretion disk. The correctK velocity of the center of mass of the K5 V star is 158±3km s –1.Paper presented at the IAU Colloquium No. 93 on Cataclysmic Variables. Recent Multi-Frequency Observations and Theoretical Development, held at Dr. Remeis-Sternwarte Bamberg, F.R.G., 16–19 June, 1986.  相似文献   

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Photometry and spectrophotometry of the proper motion star G 82-23 are presented. A comparison with subdwarfs and white dwarfs in the same range of temperature shows only partial agreement. If the parallax is taken into account, the best explanation of this object seems to be a binary structure with a K-subdwarf and a DC-white dwarf.Communication presented at the International Conference on Astrometric Binaries, held on 13–15 June, 1984, at the Remeis-Sternwarte Bamberg, Germany, to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (1784–1846).  相似文献   

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A carbon deflagration model in the accreting C+O white dwarf is presented as a plausible model for type-I supernovae (SN I). The evolution of the white dwarf is calculated from the beginning of accretion through complete disruption. The propagation of a carbon deflagration wave from center to the surface and associated nucleosynthesis are calculated. About 0.6M 56Ni and substantial amounts of Ca, Ar, S, Si, Mg, and O are synthesized.The synthetic spectrum at maximum light for this carbon deflagration model is calculated and compared to the observed spectrum of SN 1981b in NGC 4536 at maximum light. If the radial stratification of composition in the outer layers of the model is removed by mixing, the theoretical spectrum is in good agreement with the observed spectrum.Paper presented at the IAU Third Asian-Pacific Regional Meeting, held in Kyoto, Japan, between 30 September–6 October, 1984.  相似文献   

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We investigate the effect of asymmetric supernova explosions on the orbital parameters of binary systems with a compact component. We relate such explosions to the origin of binary pulsars. The degree of asymmetry of the explosion is represented by the kick velocity gained by the exploding star due to the asymmetric mass ejection. The required kick velocity to produce the observed parameters of the binary pulsar PSR 1913+16 should be larger than 80 km s–1 if the mass of the exploding star is larger than 4M . We examine the mean survival probability of the binary system (<f>) for various degrees of asymmetry in the explosion. The rare occurrence of a binary pulsar does not necessarily imply that such a probability is low since not all pulsars have originated in a binary system. Assuming the birth rate of pulsars derived by Taylor and Manchester (1977), we derive that <f> would be as high as 0.25. Such values of <f> can be obtained if the mass of the exploding stars is, in general, not large (10M ).  相似文献   

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An analysis of the results of observations of the symbiotic star Z And has shown that no definite model can be derived at present on their basis. If the hot component is essentially an accreting white dwarf with a hydrogen-burning shell source, then the gas envelope must be optically thin for Lc-emission and itsT e must be in the neighborhood of 2.6×104K. And if the hot component is a Main-Sequence star with an accretion disk around it, then it is classified with red dwarfs. The electron temperature of the gas envelope must be 1.5×104K. The luminosity of the hot component at the minimum of its visual brightness is only a few times lower than its Eddington limit. Therefore, as the accretion rate goes up, the initial increase in its brightness (U1 m .5), unaccompanied by any perceptible changes in the spectrum of Z And, will be followed by disintegration of the regular disk and flare of the star in the visible range. In the same model, partial eclipses of the hot source must occur. They seem to be observable on the star's light curve in theU band. Substitution of a solar-type star for the first-named component in the binary red dwarf + red giant system will lead to a significant decrease in the excitation of the combination spectrum.  相似文献   

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This project is part of a world wide cooperation aimed at investigating properties of white dwarf stars to determine their constitution and evolution. The project is based on two recent developments:-The first is the discovery, of pulsational instabilities in some white dwarf stars, giving rise to non-radial pulsations which can be observed as flux modulations with low amplitude.-The second is to study the mass transfer between interacting binary white dwarf stars, which transports processed material from the interior of the donating star to the accretor. We present a study of four interacting binary white dwarf systems based on IUE spectra.Paper presented at the 11th European Regional Astronomical Meetings of the IAU on New Windows to the Universe, held 3–8 July, 1989, Tenerife Canary Islands, Spain.  相似文献   

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We propose an evolutionary model for dwarf galaxies in which initially metal-poor gas-rich dwarf irregular (dI) galaxies evolve through bursting Blue Compact Dwarf (BCD) stages and eventually fade from the BCD phase to become dwarf ellipticals (dE). During the bursting phase the surface brightness of the galaxy increases rapidly due to enhanced OB star formation. The source of fuel for the intermittent bursts of star formation is assumed to be primordial gas which continues to collapse onto the already formed central structure. The dE galaxies form as a result of eventual gas depletion through star formation.With this proposed dIBCDdE evolutionary sequence we can explain the similar photometric structure of the different dwarf types and the differences in their star formation rates, surface brightnesses,Hi contents and metallicities. A final central BCD burst can account for the nucleation in brighter dEs and their residual star formation, while earlier more widespread star formation bursts would fade to give an irregular dI. Inflow of gas may allow dEs to be less flattened than dIs.Using galaxy fading and metallicity models we can reproduce the observed number ratiosN(dI)N(BCD) andN(dI)N(dE) and also the observed metallicity magnitude relation of local dwarf spheroidal galaxies.  相似文献   

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A two-zone model for the analysis of nuclear shell burning on accreting degenerate dwarfs is developed. The model consists of two thin shells in a plane-parallel approximation: an accreted hydrogen zone on the top and a pure helium zone on the bottom, generated by hydrogen burning. The core of the star is isothermal and does not evolve with time. The physical properties (density, temperature, and pressure) of the shells are obtained and an analysis of some correlations between them and the mass accretion rate, the chemical composition of the accreted mass, and the heat flux from core is done. The interaction between both shells is also analyzed.Paper presented at the 11th European Regional Astronomical Meetings of the IAU on New Windows to the Universe, held 3–8 July, 1989, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.  相似文献   

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We consider the evolutionary scenarios for close binaries that lead to the formation of semidetached systems in which a white dwarf can accumulate the Chandrasekhar mass through mass accretion from its companion, a main sequence star or a subgiant of mass M ~ 2M. Such dwarfs probably explode as type-Ia supernovae or collapse to form a neutron star. The population synthesis method is used to analyze the dependence of the model rate of these events in the Galaxy on the common envelope parameter, the mass transfer rate, and the response of a main-sequence star to helium accretion at an intermediate evolutionary stage. The rate of explosions in semidetached systems of this type in the Galaxy was found to be no higher than ?0.2×10?3 yr?1, which is less than 10% of the lower level for the empirically estimated SNe Ia rate.  相似文献   

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If the assumption of a catastrophic explosion during the formation of a neutron star is correct, the parent systems for klovsky's model of SCO XR-1 seem to have been very short-period white-dwarf binaries. A white dwarf originally in contact with its Roche limit is forced to lose mass. During the ejection of matter the primary may pass the white-dwarf mass limit and become a neutron star. The mass transfer time-scale can change from pulsational to thermal, and a mass flow of 10–9 M per year needed for SCO XR-1 can be understood, while at the same time the orbital period will increase.  相似文献   

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Numerical solutions of the structural equations for rapidly rotating white dwarfs are tabulated for values of the central density parametery –2 o ranging from 0.0001 to 0.80. The physical parameters of white dwarfs rotating at the break-up velocity are also tabulated. Further, the massradius relations for both the equatorial and the polar radii are derived. These two relations are found to differ from other recent theoretical calculations by less than 10 and 4%, respectively. The use of uniformly rotating white dwarf models to account for the observational data on Sirius B is discussed. It is concluded that Sirius B may be rotating rapidly and near its break-up velocity. Further it is suggested that the radius and Einstein red shift for this star are 0.01135 R and 59 km/sec.  相似文献   

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