On the formation of hydrogen-deficient low-mass white dwarfs

<i>Context</i>. Two of the possible channels for the formation of low-mass (M⋆ ≲ 0.5 M⊙) hydrogen-deficient white dwarfs are the occurrence of a very-late thermal pulse after the asymptotic giant-branch phase or a late helium-flash onset in an almost stripped core of a red giant star. &...

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Autores principales: Battich, Tiara, Althaus, Leandro Gabriel, Córsico, Alejandro Hugo
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Publicado: 2020
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/123742
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language Inglés
topic Ciencias Astronómicas
Astronomía
White dwarfs
Asteroseismology
Stars: evolution
Stars: interiors
Stars: oscillations
Stars: low-mass
spellingShingle Ciencias Astronómicas
Astronomía
White dwarfs
Asteroseismology
Stars: evolution
Stars: interiors
Stars: oscillations
Stars: low-mass
Battich, Tiara
Althaus, Leandro Gabriel
Córsico, Alejandro Hugo
On the formation of hydrogen-deficient low-mass white dwarfs
topic_facet Ciencias Astronómicas
Astronomía
White dwarfs
Asteroseismology
Stars: evolution
Stars: interiors
Stars: oscillations
Stars: low-mass
description <i>Context</i>. Two of the possible channels for the formation of low-mass (M⋆ ≲ 0.5 M⊙) hydrogen-deficient white dwarfs are the occurrence of a very-late thermal pulse after the asymptotic giant-branch phase or a late helium-flash onset in an almost stripped core of a red giant star. <i>Aims</i>. We aim to asses the potential of asteroseismology to distinguish between the hot flasher and the very-late thermal pulse scenarios for the formation of low-mass hydrogen-deficient white dwarfs. <i>Methods</i>. We computed the evolution of low-mass hydrogen-deficient white dwarfs from the zero-age main sequence in the context of the two evolutionary scenarios. We explore the pulsation properties of the resulting models for effective temperatures characterizing the instability strip of pulsating helium-rich white dwarfs. <i>Results</i>. We find that there are significant differences in the periods and in the period spacings associated with low radial-order (k ≲ 10) gravity modes for white-dwarf models evolving within the instability strip of the hydrogen-deficient white dwarfs. <i>Conclusions.</i> The measurement of the period spacings for pulsation modes with periods shorter than ∼500 s may be used to distinguish between the two scenarios. Moreover, period-to-period asteroseismic fits of low-mass pulsating hydrogen-deficient white dwarfs can help to determine their evolutionary history.
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author Battich, Tiara
Althaus, Leandro Gabriel
Córsico, Alejandro Hugo
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Althaus, Leandro Gabriel
Córsico, Alejandro Hugo
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title On the formation of hydrogen-deficient low-mass white dwarfs
title_short On the formation of hydrogen-deficient low-mass white dwarfs
title_full On the formation of hydrogen-deficient low-mass white dwarfs
title_fullStr On the formation of hydrogen-deficient low-mass white dwarfs
title_full_unstemmed On the formation of hydrogen-deficient low-mass white dwarfs
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