The effect of <SUP>22</SUP>Ne diffusion in the evolution and pulsational properties of white dwarfs with solar metallicity progenitors

Because of the large neutron excess of 22Ne, sedimentation of this isotope occurs rapidly in the interior of white dwarfs. This process releases an additional amount of energy, thus delaying the cooling times of the white dwarf. This influences the ages of different stellar populations derived using...

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Autores principales: Camisassa, María Eugenia, Althaus, Leandro Gabriel, Córsico, Alejandro Hugo, Vinyoles, N., Serenelli, Aldo Marcelo, Isern, J., Miller Bertolami, Marcelo Miguel, García Berro, E.
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topic Ciencias Astronómicas
asteroseismology
dense matter
diffusion
stars: evolution
stars: interiors
white dwarfs
spellingShingle Ciencias Astronómicas
asteroseismology
dense matter
diffusion
stars: evolution
stars: interiors
white dwarfs
Camisassa, María Eugenia
Althaus, Leandro Gabriel
Córsico, Alejandro Hugo
Vinyoles, N.
Serenelli, Aldo Marcelo
Isern, J.
Miller Bertolami, Marcelo Miguel
García Berro, E.
The effect of <SUP>22</SUP>Ne diffusion in the evolution and pulsational properties of white dwarfs with solar metallicity progenitors
topic_facet Ciencias Astronómicas
asteroseismology
dense matter
diffusion
stars: evolution
stars: interiors
white dwarfs
description Because of the large neutron excess of 22Ne, sedimentation of this isotope occurs rapidly in the interior of white dwarfs. This process releases an additional amount of energy, thus delaying the cooling times of the white dwarf. This influences the ages of different stellar populations derived using white dwarf cosmochronology. Furthermore, the overabundance of 22Ne in the inner regions of the star modifies the Brunt-Väisälä frequency, thus altering the pulsational properties of these stars. In this work we discuss the impact of 22Ne sedimentation in white dwarfs resulting from solar metallicity progenitors (Z = 0.02). We performed evolutionary calculations of white dwarfs with masses of 0.528, 0.576, 0.657, and 0.833 derived from full evolutionary computations of their progenitor stars, starting at the zero-Age main sequence all the way through the central hydrogen and helium burning, the thermally pulsing asymptotic giant branch (AGB), and post-AGB phases. Our computations show that at low luminosities (), 22Ne sedimentation delays the cooling of white dwarfs with solar metallicity progenitors by about 1 Gyr. Additionally, we studied the consequences of 22Ne sedimentation on the pulsational properties of ZZ Ceti white dwarfs. We find that 22Ne sedimentation induces differences in the periods of these stars larger than the present observational uncertainties, particularly in more massive white dwarfs.
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author Camisassa, María Eugenia
Althaus, Leandro Gabriel
Córsico, Alejandro Hugo
Vinyoles, N.
Serenelli, Aldo Marcelo
Isern, J.
Miller Bertolami, Marcelo Miguel
García Berro, E.
author_facet Camisassa, María Eugenia
Althaus, Leandro Gabriel
Córsico, Alejandro Hugo
Vinyoles, N.
Serenelli, Aldo Marcelo
Isern, J.
Miller Bertolami, Marcelo Miguel
García Berro, E.
author_sort Camisassa, María Eugenia
title The effect of <SUP>22</SUP>Ne diffusion in the evolution and pulsational properties of white dwarfs with solar metallicity progenitors
title_short The effect of <SUP>22</SUP>Ne diffusion in the evolution and pulsational properties of white dwarfs with solar metallicity progenitors
title_full The effect of <SUP>22</SUP>Ne diffusion in the evolution and pulsational properties of white dwarfs with solar metallicity progenitors
title_fullStr The effect of <SUP>22</SUP>Ne diffusion in the evolution and pulsational properties of white dwarfs with solar metallicity progenitors
title_full_unstemmed The effect of <SUP>22</SUP>Ne diffusion in the evolution and pulsational properties of white dwarfs with solar metallicity progenitors
title_sort effect of <sup>22</sup>ne diffusion in the evolution and pulsational properties of white dwarfs with solar metallicity progenitors
publishDate 2016
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/86799
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