双星中剥离出的缺失中等质量氦星的发现
太阳与恒星天体物理
2023-07-04 v1 高能天体物理现象
摘要
双星演化理论预言许多大质量恒星应通过伴星相互作用失去其富氢包层——露出质量约 2--8M 的热氦星。然而,此前仅识别出一个候选系统,导致理论与观测间存在巨大差异。在此,我们呈现一个新恒星样本——通过超出预期的紫外辐射识别——其光度、颜色和光谱形态与对这一缺失星族的预言一致。我们探测到指示双星运动的视向速度变化,并测得高温(kK)、高表面重力()和贫化的表面氢质量分数(),这与初始质量 8--25 M、经双星相互作用剥离的恒星预期相符。这些系统填补了亚矮星与 Wolf-Rayet 星之间的氦星质量间隙,并被认为作为电离源、剥离包层超新星与双中子星并合的前身星而具有重大天体物理意义。
引用
@article{arxiv.2307.00061,
title = {Discovery of the missing intermediate-mass helium stars stripped in binaries},
author = {M. R. Drout and Y. Götberg and B. A. Ludwig and J. H. Groh and S. E. de Mink and A. J. G. O'Grady and N. Smith},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.00061},
year = {2023}
}
备注
Original version of manuscript submitted in August 2022, per journal policies. Manuscript passed through referee process and was recommended for publication in Science in March 2023. Conclusions have not changed. Please contact authors for further information. Data and updated manuscript will be made available upon publication. Please also see a companion paper in today's archive posting