1. Helium White Dwarf-main Sequence Star Mergerand Formation of Pulsating Hot Subdwarf Stars
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Zhang Xian-fei and MA Xu-dong
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Physics ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,White dwarf ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics ,Astrophysics ,Star (graph theory) ,01 natural sciences ,Subdwarf ,Stars ,chemistry ,Space and Planetary Science ,0103 physical sciences ,Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics ,Main sequence ,Helium - Abstract
sdBV rs is a particular type of hot subdwarfs which have both p-mode and g-mode pulsations. It is unclear of the formation channel of such hot subdwarfs stars. The merger of a He core white dwarf (HeWD) with a main sequence (MS) star can produce a hot subdwarf. We propose that sdBV rs may form from this channel. We compute the models of the remnants of some of these mergers, and perform detailed stability analysis. By comparing to observations, the evolutionary tracks of the remnants of mergers can match with the sdBV rs in effective temperature-surface gravity diagram. These models also have both p-mode and g-mode pulsations been excited. Our result indicates that the merger of a HeWD with a MS star might be one of the formation channels of sdBV rs stars.
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- 2020
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