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Título: | Double degenerate mergers as progenitors of high-field magnetic white dwarfs |
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Autor/a: | García-Berro Montilla, Enrique; Lorén Aguilar, Pablo; Aznar Siguan, Gabriela; Torres Gil, Santiago; Camacho Díaz, Judit; Althaus, Leandro Gabriel; Córsico, Alejando Hugo; Kulebi, Baybar; Isern Vilaboy, Jordi |
Otros autores: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física Aplicada; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GAA - Grup d'Astronomia i Astrofísica |
Abstract: | High-field magnetic white dwarfs have been long suspected to be the result of stellar mergers. However, the nature of the coalescing stars and the precise mech anism that produces the magnetic field are still unknown. Here we show that the hot, convective, diffe rentially rotating corona present in the outer layers of the remnant of the merger of two degenerate cores is able to produce magnetic fields of the required strength that do not decay for long timescales. We also show, using an state-of-the-art Monte Carlo simulator, that the expected number of high-field magn etic white dwarfs produced in this way is consistent with that found in the Solar neighborhood. |
Abstract: | Peer Reviewed |
Materia(s): | -Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física::Astronomia i astrofísica -Stars--Evolution -Double stars -White dwarfs stars -binaries: general -stars: evolution -stars: interiors -stars: magnetic field -stars: rotation -white dwarfs -Estels binaris -Estels nans -Estels -- Formació |
Derechos: | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Spain
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ |
Tipo de documento: | Artículo - Versión publicada Artículo |
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