Asteroseismology of ZZ Ceti stars with fully evolutionary white dwarf models : I. The impact of the uncertainties from prior evolution on the period spectrum

Context. ZZ Ceti stars are pulsating white dwarfs with a carbon-oxygen core build up during the core helium burning and thermally pulsing Asymptotic Giant Branch phases. Through the interpretation of their pulsation periods by means of asteroseismology, details about their origin and evolution can b...

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Autores principales: De Gerónimo, Francisco César, Althaus, Leandro Gabriel, Córsico, Alejandro Hugo, Romero, Alejandra Daniela, Kepler, S. O.
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Publicado: 2017
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/87360
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topic Ciencias Astronómicas
Asteroseismology
Stars: evolution
Stars: oscillations
White dwarfs
spellingShingle Ciencias Astronómicas
Asteroseismology
Stars: evolution
Stars: oscillations
White dwarfs
De Gerónimo, Francisco César
Althaus, Leandro Gabriel
Córsico, Alejandro Hugo
Romero, Alejandra Daniela
Kepler, S. O.
Asteroseismology of ZZ Ceti stars with fully evolutionary white dwarf models : I. The impact of the uncertainties from prior evolution on the period spectrum
topic_facet Ciencias Astronómicas
Asteroseismology
Stars: evolution
Stars: oscillations
White dwarfs
description Context. ZZ Ceti stars are pulsating white dwarfs with a carbon-oxygen core build up during the core helium burning and thermally pulsing Asymptotic Giant Branch phases. Through the interpretation of their pulsation periods by means of asteroseismology, details about their origin and evolution can be inferred. The whole pulsation spectrum exhibited by ZZ Ceti stars strongly depends on the inner chemical structure. At present, there are several processes affecting the chemical profiles that are still not accurately determined. Aims. We present a study of the impact of the current uncertainties of the white dwarf formation and evolution on the expected pulsation properties of ZZ Ceti stars. Methods. Our analysis is based on a set of carbon-oxygen core white dwarf models with masses 0.548 and 0.837 M⊙ that are derived from full evolutionary computations from the ZAMS to the ZZ Ceti domain. We considered models in which we varied the number of thermal pulses, the amount of overshooting, and the <sup>12</sup>C(α,γ)<sup>16</sup>O reaction rate within their uncertainties. Results. We explore the impact of these major uncertainties in prior evolution on the chemical structure and expected pulsation spectrum. We find that these uncertainties yield significant changes in the g-mode pulsation periods. Conclusions. We conclude that the uncertainties in the white dwarf progenitor evolution should be taken into account in detailed asteroseismological analyses of these pulsating stars.
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Articulo
author De Gerónimo, Francisco César
Althaus, Leandro Gabriel
Córsico, Alejandro Hugo
Romero, Alejandra Daniela
Kepler, S. O.
author_facet De Gerónimo, Francisco César
Althaus, Leandro Gabriel
Córsico, Alejandro Hugo
Romero, Alejandra Daniela
Kepler, S. O.
author_sort De Gerónimo, Francisco César
title Asteroseismology of ZZ Ceti stars with fully evolutionary white dwarf models : I. The impact of the uncertainties from prior evolution on the period spectrum
title_short Asteroseismology of ZZ Ceti stars with fully evolutionary white dwarf models : I. The impact of the uncertainties from prior evolution on the period spectrum
title_full Asteroseismology of ZZ Ceti stars with fully evolutionary white dwarf models : I. The impact of the uncertainties from prior evolution on the period spectrum
title_fullStr Asteroseismology of ZZ Ceti stars with fully evolutionary white dwarf models : I. The impact of the uncertainties from prior evolution on the period spectrum
title_full_unstemmed Asteroseismology of ZZ Ceti stars with fully evolutionary white dwarf models : I. The impact of the uncertainties from prior evolution on the period spectrum
title_sort asteroseismology of zz ceti stars with fully evolutionary white dwarf models : i. the impact of the uncertainties from prior evolution on the period spectrum
publishDate 2017
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/87360
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