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Title:
New evolutionary models for massive ZZ Ceti stars. II. The effects of crystallization on their pulsational properties
Authors:
Córsico, A. H.; Althaus, L. G.; Montgomery, M. H.; García-Berro, E.; Isern, J.
Affiliation:
AA(Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, (1900) La Plata, Argentina ; Instituto de Astrofísica La Plata, IALP, CONICET, Argentina), AB(Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, (1900) La Plata, Argentina; Instituto de Astrofísica La Plata, IALP, CONICET, Argentina; Departament de Física Aplicada, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Escola Politècnica Superior de Castelldefels, Av. del Canal Olímpic, s/n, 08860 Castelldefels, Spain ), AC(Department of Astronomy, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA ), AD(Departament de Física Aplicada, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Escola Politècnica Superior de Castelldefels, Av. del Canal Olímpic, s/n, 08860 Castelldefels, Spain ; Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, Ed. Nexus, c/Gran Capità2, 08034 Barcelona, Spain), AE(Departament de Física Aplicada, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Escola Politècnica Superior de Castelldefels, Av. del Canal Olímpic, s/n, 08860 Castelldefels, Spain; Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (CSIC), Spain )
Publication:
Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.429, p.277-290 (2005) (A&A Homepage)
Publication Date:
01/2005
Origin:
A&A
A&A Keywords:
dense matter, stars: evolution, stars: white dwarfs, stars: oscillations
DOI:
10.1051/0004-6361:20041101
Bibliographic Code:
2005A&A...429..277C

Abstract

In view of recent claims that asteroseismology could supply invaluable insight into the crystallization process occurring in the interiors of massive white dwarf stars, we present in this work new pulsational calculations for improved carbon-oxygen DA white dwarf models suitable for the study of massive ZZ Ceti stars. The background models employed in this study, presented in detail in a recent paper by Althaus et al. (\cite{Althaus2003}, A&A, 404, 593), are the result of the complete evolution of massive white dwarf progenitors from the zero-age main sequence through the Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) and mass loss phases to the white dwarf regime. Abundance changes are accounted for by means of a full coupling between nuclear evolution and time-dependent mixing due to convection, salt fingers, and diffusive overshoot. In addition, time-dependent element diffusion for multicomponent gases has been considered during the white dwarf evolution. Crystallization and chemical rehomogenization due to phase separation upon crystallization in the core of our models have been fully considered. The effects of crystallization on the period spectrum of these massive white dwarf models are assessed by means of a detailed pulsational analysis of linear, nonradial, adiabatic gravity modes. To properly account for the effects of the presence of a solid phase in the models we impose special conditions on the oscillation eigenfunctions at the solid-liquid interface. We find that the theoretical pulsation spectrum is strongly modified when crystallization is considered, in particular concerning the mode trapping properties of the equilibrium models. We show that the strong mode trapping seen in the models with overshooting can be reproduced by means of a simple analytical model. We also discuss at some length the implications of our study for BPM 37093, the most massive ZZ Ceti star presently known. In particular, we attempt to place constraints on the physical processes occurring prior to the formation of this white dwarf. We find that if BPM 37093 has a stellar mass of ≈1.00 Mȯ, its observed spectrum could bear the signature of overshoot episodes during the helium core burning.

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