Effect of Coulomb diffusion of ions on the pulsational properties of da white dwarfs
- Autores
- Althaus, Leandro Gabriel; Corsico, Alejandro Hugo; de Gerónimo, Francisco César
- Año de publicación
- 2020
- Idioma
- inglés
- Tipo de recurso
- artículo
- Estado
- versión publicada
- Descripción
- Context. Element difiusion is a key physical process that substantially affects the superficial abundances, internal structure, pulsation properties, and evolution of white dwarfs. Aims. We study the effect of Coulomb separation of ions on the cooling times of evolving white dwarfs, their chemical profiles, the Brunt-Vaisala (buoyancy) frequency, and the pulsational periods at the ZZ Ceti instability strip. Methods. We followed the full evolution of white dwarf models in the range 0:51:3 M derived from their progenitor history on the basis of a time-dependent element difiusion scheme that incorporates the effect of gravitational settling of ions due to Coulomb interactions at high densities. We compared the results for the evolution and pulsation periods of ZZ Ceti stars with the case where this effect is neglected. Results. We find that Coulomb sedimentation profoundly alters the chemical profiles of ultra-massive (M? & 1 M) white dwarfs throughout their evolution, preventing helium from difiusing inward toward the core, and thus leading to much narrower chemical transition zones. As a result, significant changes in the g-mode pulsation periods as high as 15% are expected for ultra-massive ZZ Ceti stars. For lower mass white dwarfs, the effect of Coulomb separation is much less noticeable. It causes period changes in ZZ Ceti stars that are below the period changes that result from uncertainties in progenitor evolution, but larger than the typical uncertainties of the observed periods. Conclusions. Coulomb difiusion of ions profoundly affects the difiusion flux in ultra-massive white dwarfs, driving the gravitational settling of ions with the same A=Z (mass to charge number).We show that it strongly alters the period spectrum of such white dwarfs, which should be taken into account in detailed asteroseismological analyses of ultra-massive ZZ Ceti stars.
Fil: Althaus, Leandro Gabriel. 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. 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: de Gerónimo, Francisco César. 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 - Materia
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STARS: EVOLUTION
STARS: INTERIORS
STARS: OSCILLATIONS
WHITE DWARFS - Nivel de accesibilidad
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Effect of Coulomb diffusion of ions on the pulsational properties of da white dwarfsAlthaus, Leandro GabrielCorsico, Alejandro Hugode Gerónimo, Francisco CésarSTARS: EVOLUTIONSTARS: INTERIORSSTARS: OSCILLATIONSWHITE DWARFShttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Context. Element difiusion is a key physical process that substantially affects the superficial abundances, internal structure, pulsation properties, and evolution of white dwarfs. Aims. We study the effect of Coulomb separation of ions on the cooling times of evolving white dwarfs, their chemical profiles, the Brunt-Vaisala (buoyancy) frequency, and the pulsational periods at the ZZ Ceti instability strip. Methods. We followed the full evolution of white dwarf models in the range 0:51:3 M derived from their progenitor history on the basis of a time-dependent element difiusion scheme that incorporates the effect of gravitational settling of ions due to Coulomb interactions at high densities. We compared the results for the evolution and pulsation periods of ZZ Ceti stars with the case where this effect is neglected. Results. We find that Coulomb sedimentation profoundly alters the chemical profiles of ultra-massive (M? & 1 M) white dwarfs throughout their evolution, preventing helium from difiusing inward toward the core, and thus leading to much narrower chemical transition zones. As a result, significant changes in the g-mode pulsation periods as high as 15% are expected for ultra-massive ZZ Ceti stars. For lower mass white dwarfs, the effect of Coulomb separation is much less noticeable. It causes period changes in ZZ Ceti stars that are below the period changes that result from uncertainties in progenitor evolution, but larger than the typical uncertainties of the observed periods. Conclusions. Coulomb difiusion of ions profoundly affects the difiusion flux in ultra-massive white dwarfs, driving the gravitational settling of ions with the same A=Z (mass to charge number).We show that it strongly alters the period spectrum of such white dwarfs, which should be taken into account in detailed asteroseismological analyses of ultra-massive ZZ Ceti stars.Fil: Althaus, Leandro Gabriel. 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. 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: de Gerónimo, Francisco César. 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; ArgentinaEDP Sciences2020-12info: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/11336/147530Althaus, Leandro Gabriel; Corsico, Alejandro Hugo; de Gerónimo, Francisco César; Effect of Coulomb diffusion of ions on the pulsational properties of da white dwarfs; EDP Sciences; Astronomy and Astrophysics; 644; A55; 12-2020; 1-60004-6361CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1051/0004-6361/202039557info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2020/12/aa39557-20/aa39557-20.htmlinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:38:40Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/147530instacron: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:34982025-09-29 09:38:41.21CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse |
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Effect of Coulomb diffusion of ions on the pulsational properties of da white dwarfs |
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Effect of Coulomb diffusion of ions on the pulsational properties of da white dwarfs |
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Effect of Coulomb diffusion of ions on the pulsational properties of da white dwarfs Althaus, Leandro Gabriel STARS: EVOLUTION STARS: INTERIORS STARS: OSCILLATIONS WHITE DWARFS |
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Effect of Coulomb diffusion of ions on the pulsational properties of da white dwarfs |
title_full |
Effect of Coulomb diffusion of ions on the pulsational properties of da white dwarfs |
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Effect of Coulomb diffusion of ions on the pulsational properties of da white dwarfs |
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Effect of Coulomb diffusion of ions on the pulsational properties of da white dwarfs |
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Effect of Coulomb diffusion of ions on the pulsational properties of da white dwarfs |
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Althaus, Leandro Gabriel Corsico, Alejandro Hugo de Gerónimo, Francisco César |
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Althaus, Leandro Gabriel |
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Althaus, Leandro Gabriel Corsico, Alejandro Hugo de Gerónimo, Francisco César |
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Corsico, Alejandro Hugo de Gerónimo, Francisco César |
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STARS: EVOLUTION STARS: INTERIORS STARS: OSCILLATIONS WHITE DWARFS |
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STARS: EVOLUTION STARS: INTERIORS STARS: OSCILLATIONS WHITE DWARFS |
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https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 |
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Context. Element difiusion is a key physical process that substantially affects the superficial abundances, internal structure, pulsation properties, and evolution of white dwarfs. Aims. We study the effect of Coulomb separation of ions on the cooling times of evolving white dwarfs, their chemical profiles, the Brunt-Vaisala (buoyancy) frequency, and the pulsational periods at the ZZ Ceti instability strip. Methods. We followed the full evolution of white dwarf models in the range 0:51:3 M derived from their progenitor history on the basis of a time-dependent element difiusion scheme that incorporates the effect of gravitational settling of ions due to Coulomb interactions at high densities. We compared the results for the evolution and pulsation periods of ZZ Ceti stars with the case where this effect is neglected. Results. We find that Coulomb sedimentation profoundly alters the chemical profiles of ultra-massive (M? & 1 M) white dwarfs throughout their evolution, preventing helium from difiusing inward toward the core, and thus leading to much narrower chemical transition zones. As a result, significant changes in the g-mode pulsation periods as high as 15% are expected for ultra-massive ZZ Ceti stars. For lower mass white dwarfs, the effect of Coulomb separation is much less noticeable. It causes period changes in ZZ Ceti stars that are below the period changes that result from uncertainties in progenitor evolution, but larger than the typical uncertainties of the observed periods. Conclusions. Coulomb difiusion of ions profoundly affects the difiusion flux in ultra-massive white dwarfs, driving the gravitational settling of ions with the same A=Z (mass to charge number).We show that it strongly alters the period spectrum of such white dwarfs, which should be taken into account in detailed asteroseismological analyses of ultra-massive ZZ Ceti stars. Fil: Althaus, Leandro Gabriel. 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. 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: de Gerónimo, Francisco César. 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 |
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Context. Element difiusion is a key physical process that substantially affects the superficial abundances, internal structure, pulsation properties, and evolution of white dwarfs. Aims. We study the effect of Coulomb separation of ions on the cooling times of evolving white dwarfs, their chemical profiles, the Brunt-Vaisala (buoyancy) frequency, and the pulsational periods at the ZZ Ceti instability strip. Methods. We followed the full evolution of white dwarf models in the range 0:51:3 M derived from their progenitor history on the basis of a time-dependent element difiusion scheme that incorporates the effect of gravitational settling of ions due to Coulomb interactions at high densities. We compared the results for the evolution and pulsation periods of ZZ Ceti stars with the case where this effect is neglected. Results. We find that Coulomb sedimentation profoundly alters the chemical profiles of ultra-massive (M? & 1 M) white dwarfs throughout their evolution, preventing helium from difiusing inward toward the core, and thus leading to much narrower chemical transition zones. As a result, significant changes in the g-mode pulsation periods as high as 15% are expected for ultra-massive ZZ Ceti stars. For lower mass white dwarfs, the effect of Coulomb separation is much less noticeable. It causes period changes in ZZ Ceti stars that are below the period changes that result from uncertainties in progenitor evolution, but larger than the typical uncertainties of the observed periods. Conclusions. Coulomb difiusion of ions profoundly affects the difiusion flux in ultra-massive white dwarfs, driving the gravitational settling of ions with the same A=Z (mass to charge number).We show that it strongly alters the period spectrum of such white dwarfs, which should be taken into account in detailed asteroseismological analyses of ultra-massive ZZ Ceti stars. |
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