Thermal Timescale Mass Transfer and the Evolution of White Dwarf Binaries

Details Thermal Timescale Mass Transfer and the Evolution of White Dwarf Binaries Thermal Timescale Mass Transfer and the Evolution of White Dwarf Binaries

2003-10-05

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0310126v1

Astrophys.J. 601 (2004) 1058-1066

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

9 pages, 6 figures, Latex, emulateapj style, ApJ accepted

Scientific paper

10.1086/380561

The evolution of binaries consisting of evolved main sequence stars (1 < M_d/Msun < 3.5) with white dwarf companions (0.7 < M_wd/Msun < 1.2) is investigated through the thermal mass transfer phase. Taking into account the stabilizing effect of a strong, optically thick wind from the accreting white dwarf surface, we have explored the formation of several evolutionary groups of systems for progenitors with initial orbital periods of 1 and 2 days. The numerical results show that CO white dwarfs can accrete sufficient mass to evolve to a Type Ia supernova and ONeMg white dwarfs can be built up to undergo accretion induced collapse for donors more massive than about 2 Msun. For donors less massive than ~2 Msun the system can evolve to form a He and CO or ONeMg white dwarf pair. In addition, sufficient helium can be accumulated (~0.1 Msun) in systems characterized by 1.6 < M_d/Msun < 1.9 and 0.8 < M_wd/Msun < 1 such that sub Chandrasekhar mass models for Type Ia supernovae, involving off center helium ignition, are possible for progenitor systems evolving via the Case A mass transfer phase. For systems characterized by mass ratios > 3 the system likely merges as a result of the occurrence of a delayed dynamical mass transfer instability. A semi-analytical model is developed to delineate these phases which can be easily incorporated in population synthesis studies of these systems.

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