The planets capture model of V838 Monocerotis: conclusions for the penetration depth of the planet/s

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2006-05-22

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0605552v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.370:1565-1572,2006

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

8 pages, 2 figures, MNRAS, accepted

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10579.x

V838 Mon is the prototype of a new class of objects. Understanding the nature of its multi-stage outburst and similar systems is challenging. So far, several scenarios have been invoked to explain this group of stars. In this work, the planets-swallowing model for V838 Mon is further investigated, taking into account the findings that the progenitor is most likely a massive B type star. We find that the super-Eddington luminosity during the eruption can explain the fast rising times of the three peaks in the optical light curve. We used two different methods to estimate the location where the planets were consumed. There is a nice agreement between the values obtained from the luminosities of the peaks and from their rising time scale. We estimate that the planets were stopped at a typical distance of one solar radius from the center of the host giant star. The planets-devouring model seems to give a satisfying explanation to the differences in the luminosities and rising times of the three peaks in the optical light curve of V838 Mon. The peaks may be explained by the consumption of three planets or alternatively by three steps in the terminal falling process of a single planet. We argue that only the binary merger and the planets-swallowing models are consistent with the observations of the new type of stars defined by V838 Mon.

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