Gravity-mode instabilities in models of post-extreme horizontal branch stars: Another class of pulsating stars?

被引:31
作者
Charpinet, S
Fontaine, G
Brassard, P
Dorman, B
机构
[1] NASA,GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CTR,ASTRON & SOLAR PHYS LAB,GREENBELT,MD 20771
[2] UNIV VIRGINIA,DEPT ASTRON,CHARLOTTESVILLE,VA 22903
基金
美国国家航空航天局;
关键词
stars; interiors; oscillations; subdwarfs; white dwarfs;
D O I
10.1086/316792
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We present new results of a stability analysis of realistic models of post-extreme horizontal branch stars. We find that g-mode instabilities develop in some of these models as a result of a potent epsilon-mechanism associated with the presence of an active H-burning shell. The epsilon-process drives low-order and low-degree g modes with typical periods in the range 40-125 s. The unstable models populate a broad instability strip covering the interval 76,000 greater than or similar to T(eef)greater than or similar to 44,000 K and are identified with low-mass DAO white dwarfs. They descend from stars that reach the zero-age ''extended'' horizontal branch with H-rich envelope masses M(env)greater than or similar to 0.0010 M.. Our computations indicate that some DAO stars should show luminosity variations resulting from pulsational instabilities. We suggest looking for brightness variations in six particularly promising candidates.
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页码:L149 / L152
页数:4
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