Gravitational Settling of 22 Ne and White Dwarf Evolution

Autores
García Berro, Enrique; Althaus, Leandro Gabriel; Corsico, Alejandro Hugo; Isern, Jordi
Año de publicación
2008
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We study the effects of the sedimentation of the trace element 22Ne in the cooling of white dwarfs. In contrast with previous studies—which adopted a simplified treatment of the effects of 22Ne sedimentation—this is done self-consistently for the first time, using an up-to-date stellar evolutionary code in which the diffusion equation is coupled with the full set of equations of stellar evolution. Due the large neutron excess of 22Ne, this isotope rapidly sediments in the interior of the white dwarf. Although we explore a wide range of parameters, we find that when using the most reasonable assumptions concerning the diffusion coefficient and the physical state of the white dwarf interior, the delay introduced by the ensuing chemical differentiation is minor for a typical 0.6 M⊙ white dwarf. For more massive white dwarfs, say MWD ~ 1.0 M⊙, the delay turns out to be considerably larger. These results are in qualitatively good accord with those obtained in previous studies, but we find that the magnitude of the delay introduced by 22Ne sedimentation was underestimated by a factor of ~2. We also perform a preliminary study of the impact of 22Ne sedimentation on the white dwarf luminosity function. Finally, we hypothesize on the possibility of detecting the sedimentation of 22Ne using pulsating white dwarfs in the appropriate effective temperature range with accurately determined rates of change of the observed periods.
Fil: García Berro, Enrique. Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya; España
Fil: Althaus, Leandro Gabriel. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Astrofísica La Plata. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas. Instituto de Astrofísica La Plata; Argentina
Fil: Corsico, Alejandro Hugo. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Astrofísica La Plata. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas. Instituto de Astrofísica La Plata; Argentina
Fil: Isern, Jordi. Institut de Ciències de l’Espai; España
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Dense matter
Diffusion
Abundances
Evolution of stars
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spelling Gravitational Settling of 22 Ne and White Dwarf EvolutionGarcía Berro, EnriqueAlthaus, Leandro GabrielCorsico, Alejandro HugoIsern, JordiDense matterDiffusionAbundancesEvolution of starsInterior starsWhite dwarfshttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1We study the effects of the sedimentation of the trace element 22Ne in the cooling of white dwarfs. In contrast with previous studies—which adopted a simplified treatment of the effects of 22Ne sedimentation—this is done self-consistently for the first time, using an up-to-date stellar evolutionary code in which the diffusion equation is coupled with the full set of equations of stellar evolution. Due the large neutron excess of 22Ne, this isotope rapidly sediments in the interior of the white dwarf. Although we explore a wide range of parameters, we find that when using the most reasonable assumptions concerning the diffusion coefficient and the physical state of the white dwarf interior, the delay introduced by the ensuing chemical differentiation is minor for a typical 0.6 M⊙ white dwarf. For more massive white dwarfs, say MWD ~ 1.0 M⊙, the delay turns out to be considerably larger. These results are in qualitatively good accord with those obtained in previous studies, but we find that the magnitude of the delay introduced by 22Ne sedimentation was underestimated by a factor of ~2. We also perform a preliminary study of the impact of 22Ne sedimentation on the white dwarf luminosity function. Finally, we hypothesize on the possibility of detecting the sedimentation of 22Ne using pulsating white dwarfs in the appropriate effective temperature range with accurately determined rates of change of the observed periods.Fil: García Berro, Enrique. Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya; EspañaFil: Althaus, Leandro Gabriel. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Astrofísica La Plata. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas. Instituto de Astrofísica La Plata; ArgentinaFil: Corsico, Alejandro Hugo. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Astrofísica La Plata. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas. Instituto de Astrofísica La Plata; ArgentinaFil: Isern, Jordi. Institut de Ciències de l’Espai; EspañaIOP Publishing2008-04info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/44866García Berro, Enrique; Althaus, Leandro Gabriel; Corsico, Alejandro Hugo; Isern, Jordi; Gravitational Settling of 22 Ne and White Dwarf Evolution; IOP Publishing; Astrophysical Journal; 677; 1; 4-2008; 473-4820004-637XCONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1086/527536info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/527536/metainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-10-22T11:08:19Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/44866instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-10-22 11:08:19.414CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Gravitational Settling of 22 Ne and White Dwarf Evolution
title Gravitational Settling of 22 Ne and White Dwarf Evolution
spellingShingle Gravitational Settling of 22 Ne and White Dwarf Evolution
García Berro, Enrique
Dense matter
Diffusion
Abundances
Evolution of stars
Interior stars
White dwarfs
title_short Gravitational Settling of 22 Ne and White Dwarf Evolution
title_full Gravitational Settling of 22 Ne and White Dwarf Evolution
title_fullStr Gravitational Settling of 22 Ne and White Dwarf Evolution
title_full_unstemmed Gravitational Settling of 22 Ne and White Dwarf Evolution
title_sort Gravitational Settling of 22 Ne and White Dwarf Evolution
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv García Berro, Enrique
Althaus, Leandro Gabriel
Corsico, Alejandro Hugo
Isern, Jordi
author García Berro, Enrique
author_facet García Berro, Enrique
Althaus, Leandro Gabriel
Corsico, Alejandro Hugo
Isern, Jordi
author_role author
author2 Althaus, Leandro Gabriel
Corsico, Alejandro Hugo
Isern, Jordi
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Dense matter
Diffusion
Abundances
Evolution of stars
Interior stars
White dwarfs
topic Dense matter
Diffusion
Abundances
Evolution of stars
Interior stars
White dwarfs
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv We study the effects of the sedimentation of the trace element 22Ne in the cooling of white dwarfs. In contrast with previous studies—which adopted a simplified treatment of the effects of 22Ne sedimentation—this is done self-consistently for the first time, using an up-to-date stellar evolutionary code in which the diffusion equation is coupled with the full set of equations of stellar evolution. Due the large neutron excess of 22Ne, this isotope rapidly sediments in the interior of the white dwarf. Although we explore a wide range of parameters, we find that when using the most reasonable assumptions concerning the diffusion coefficient and the physical state of the white dwarf interior, the delay introduced by the ensuing chemical differentiation is minor for a typical 0.6 M⊙ white dwarf. For more massive white dwarfs, say MWD ~ 1.0 M⊙, the delay turns out to be considerably larger. These results are in qualitatively good accord with those obtained in previous studies, but we find that the magnitude of the delay introduced by 22Ne sedimentation was underestimated by a factor of ~2. We also perform a preliminary study of the impact of 22Ne sedimentation on the white dwarf luminosity function. Finally, we hypothesize on the possibility of detecting the sedimentation of 22Ne using pulsating white dwarfs in the appropriate effective temperature range with accurately determined rates of change of the observed periods.
Fil: García Berro, Enrique. Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya; España
Fil: Althaus, Leandro Gabriel. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Astrofísica La Plata. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas. Instituto de Astrofísica La Plata; Argentina
Fil: Corsico, Alejandro Hugo. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Astrofísica La Plata. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas. Instituto de Astrofísica La Plata; Argentina
Fil: Isern, Jordi. Institut de Ciències de l’Espai; España
description We study the effects of the sedimentation of the trace element 22Ne in the cooling of white dwarfs. In contrast with previous studies—which adopted a simplified treatment of the effects of 22Ne sedimentation—this is done self-consistently for the first time, using an up-to-date stellar evolutionary code in which the diffusion equation is coupled with the full set of equations of stellar evolution. Due the large neutron excess of 22Ne, this isotope rapidly sediments in the interior of the white dwarf. Although we explore a wide range of parameters, we find that when using the most reasonable assumptions concerning the diffusion coefficient and the physical state of the white dwarf interior, the delay introduced by the ensuing chemical differentiation is minor for a typical 0.6 M⊙ white dwarf. For more massive white dwarfs, say MWD ~ 1.0 M⊙, the delay turns out to be considerably larger. These results are in qualitatively good accord with those obtained in previous studies, but we find that the magnitude of the delay introduced by 22Ne sedimentation was underestimated by a factor of ~2. We also perform a preliminary study of the impact of 22Ne sedimentation on the white dwarf luminosity function. Finally, we hypothesize on the possibility of detecting the sedimentation of 22Ne using pulsating white dwarfs in the appropriate effective temperature range with accurately determined rates of change of the observed periods.
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