It is generally believed that the electron-capture reactions happen when the oxygen-neon(ONe)cores grow in masses close to the Chandrasekhar limit,leading to the formation of neutron stars(NSs)via electron-capture sup...It is generally believed that the electron-capture reactions happen when the oxygen-neon(ONe)cores grow in masses close to the Chandrasekhar limit,leading to the formation of neutron stars(NSs)via electron-capture supernovae(EC-SNe).EC-SNe are predicted to be the most likely short-lived and faint optical transients,and a small ejecta mass is expected during the collapse.This kind of SNe provide a distinct channel for producing isolated NSs and NS systems,especially for the formation of X-ray binaries and double NSs.Although EC-SNe were proposed∼45 yr ago,there are still some uncertainties for the origin of EC-SNe and their productions.In this article,we review recent studies on the two classic progenitor channels of EC-SNe,i.e.,the single star channel and the binary channel.In the single star channel,EC-SNe can happen in super asymptotic giant branch stars or He stars,whereas in the binary channel EC-SNe can occur in He stars in binaries(involving He star+MS systems and NS+He star systems)or accretion-induced collapse in white dwarf binaries(involving the singledegenerate scenario and the double-degenerate scenario).Recent progress on these two progenitor channels is discussed,including the initial parameter range for EC-SNe,the evolutionary paths to EC-SNe,related objects and some observational constraints,etc.We also make some discussions on the possible candidates for EC-SNe in this article,and the impacts of EC-SNe on some research fields,e.g.,the properties of NSs,double NS population and chemical products,etc.It is noting that EC-SNe show some similar properties with ultra-stripped SNe,e.g.,low ejecta masses and small kicks.Accordingly,we also discuss the difference between these two types of SNe in this article.Research on EC-SNe is at a pivotal stage,with key theoretical uncertainties and observational challenges requiring integrated modeling and multi-wavelength observations for robust identification.展开更多
Helium white dwarfs(WDs)with masses less than 0.3 M⊙are known as extremely low-mass WDs(ELM WDs),which cannot be produced by single stellar evolution in theory.Generally,these stars are believed to form through bi...Helium white dwarfs(WDs)with masses less than 0.3 M⊙are known as extremely low-mass WDs(ELM WDs),which cannot be produced by single stellar evolution in theory.Generally,these stars are believed to form through binary interactions.Recently,two ELM WDs in unusually wide orbits were reported,i.e.,KIC 8145411 and HE0430-2457.Their orbital separations are too wide to be produced by the binary evolution scenario.In this work,we study the formation of wide-orbit ELM WD binaries from hierarchical triple systems.In this scenario,an ELM WD is formed from the inner binary and subsequently forms a wide binary system with the third object.We find that the merger of an evolved star with a brown dwarf in the inner binary fails to produce single ELM WDs,but Type Ia supernovae(SNe Ia)explosions can successfully do so.Furthermore,we investigate the impact of the supernova explosion on the orbital distribution of the surviving binary and find that this channel may have a probability of reproducing the orbital parameters of HE 0430-2457,but fails to reproduce the observed features of KIC 8145411.This supports recent observational recalibrations suggesting that KIC 8145411 resides in a triple system rather than a binary.展开更多
ATLAS J1138-5139 is a newly detected ultra-compact double white dwarf(DWD) system which is composed of a 1.02 M⊙ carbon-oxygen white dwarf(CO WD) and a 0.24M⊙ helium(He) WD with an orbital period of about 27.68 minu...ATLAS J1138-5139 is a newly detected ultra-compact double white dwarf(DWD) system which is composed of a 1.02 M⊙ carbon-oxygen white dwarf(CO WD) and a 0.24M⊙ helium(He) WD with an orbital period of about 27.68 minutes,making it one of the shortest-period DWD systems known.The future evolution and final fate of this system remain unexplored.In this work,we investigate the evolution of ATLAS J1138-5139 with the onedimensional stellar evolution code Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics.We find that ATLAS J1138-5139 will evolve into an AM Canum Venaticorum system in about~6.3 Myr.Afterwards,the transferred material from the He WD companion start to build up to form a He shell near the surface of the CO WD.This accumulated He-shell masses can be up to approximately 0.12M⊙,which is likely to trigger a double-detonation(DDet) explosion of the CO WD.We therefore expect that ATLAS J1138-5139 will likely explode as a type Ⅰa supernova eventually through the DDet explosion mechanism.Moreover,our calculations show that ATLAS J1138-5139 will be a promising target for gravitational-wave detection by future detectors like LISA,TianQin and Taiji.展开更多
Binary millisecond pulsars with a massive white dwarf(WD)companion are intermediate-mass binary pulsars(IMBPs).They are formed via the Case BB Roche-lobe overflow evolution channel if they are in compact orbits with a...Binary millisecond pulsars with a massive white dwarf(WD)companion are intermediate-mass binary pulsars(IMBPs).They are formed via the Case BB Roche-lobe overflow evolution channel if they are in compact orbits with an orbital period of less than 1 day.They are fairly rare in the known pulsar population;only five such IMBPs have been discovered before,and one of them is in a globular cluster.Here we report six IMBPs in compact orbits:PSRs J0416+5201,J0520+3722,J1919+1341,J1943+2210,J1947+2304 and J2023+2853,discovered during the Galactic Plane Pulsar Snapshot survey by using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope,doubling the number of such IMBPs due to the high survey sensitivity in the short survey time of 5 minutes.Follow-up timing observations show that they all have either a CO WD or an ONeMg WD companion with a mass greater than about 0.8M⊙in a very circular orbit with an eccentricity in the order of10−5.PSR J0416+5201 should be an ONeMg WD companion with a remarkable minimum mass of 1.28M⊙.These massive WD companions lead to a detectable Shapiro delay for PSRs J0416+5201,J0520+3722,J1943+2210,and J2023+2853,indicating that their orbits are highly inclined.From the measurement of the Shapiro delay,the pulsar mass of J1943+2210 was constrained to be 1.84+0.11-0.09M⊙,and that of PSR J2023+2853 to be 1.28+0.06-0.05M⊙.展开更多
The nature of progenitors of Type Ia supernovae(SNe Ia)and their explosion mechanism remains unclear.It has been suggested that SNe Ia may have resulted from thermonuclear explosions of hybrid carbon-oxygen-neon white...The nature of progenitors of Type Ia supernovae(SNe Ia)and their explosion mechanism remains unclear.It has been suggested that SNe Ia may have resulted from thermonuclear explosions of hybrid carbon-oxygen-neon white dwarfs(CONe WDs)when they grow in mass to approach the Chandrasekhar mass limit by accreting matter from a binary main-sequence(MS)companion.In this work,we combine the results of detailed binary evolution calculations with population synthesis models to investigate the rates and delay times of SNe Ia in the CONe WD+MS channel at a low metallicity environment of Z=0.0001.For a constant star formation rate of 5M⊙yr−1,our calculations predict that the SN Ia rates in the CONe WD+MS channel at low metallicity of Z=0.0001 is about 0.11−3.89×10−4 yr−1.In addition,delay times in this channel cover a wide range of 0.05−2.5 Gyr.We further compare our results to those given by a previous study for the CONe WD+MS channel with a higher metallicity of Z=0.02 to explore the influence of metallicity on the results.We find that these two metallicity environments give a slight difference in rates and delay times of SNe Ia from the CONe WD+MS channel,although SNe Ia produced at a low metallicity environment of Z=0.0001 have relatively longer delay times.展开更多
Type Ia supernovae(SNe Ia)are among the most extreme phenomena in the Universe and play a crucial role in the studies of stellar evolution,galactic chemical evolution and cosmology.However,the progenitors of SNe Ia ar...Type Ia supernovae(SNe Ia)are among the most extreme phenomena in the Universe and play a crucial role in the studies of stellar evolution,galactic chemical evolution and cosmology.However,the progenitors of SNe Ia are still under debate.It has been suggested that SNe Ia could be produced by helium(He)novae in the singledegenerate channel.Recently,a He nova named[HP99]159 was proposed to be a progenitor candidate for SNe Ia,in which the white dwarf(WD)has a mass of 1.20.4+0.18M⊙,the He star’s mass ranges from 0.8M⊙to 2.0M⊙and the orbital period was suggested to be 2.33 or 1.16 days.In the present work,we evolved a large number of primordial binaries to the formation of WD+He star systems and investigated their future evolution.We provided a representative evolutionary track of[HP99]159 and found that[HP99]159 may originate from a primordial binary with a 6.16M⊙primary and a 4.32M⊙secondary with an initial orbital period of 5110 days.We also found that[HP99]159 might evolve to an SN Ia explosion as suggested by previous studies,or it may also form an accretion-induced collapse event or a wide double WD.Further detailed observations are needed in future studies to provide more information about the precise nature of[HP99]159.展开更多
Based on the s-process nucleosynthesis model with the 13C(α, n)16O reaction occurring under radiative conditions in the interpulse phases, we investigate the characteristics of the distribution of neutron exposure ...Based on the s-process nucleosynthesis model with the 13C(α, n)16O reaction occurring under radiative conditions in the interpulse phases, we investigate the characteristics of the distribution of neutron exposure in low-mass Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) stars. We introduce a new concept, the distribution of neutron exposures of the Galaxy (NEG), to study the chemical evolution characteristics of the Galaxy for s-process elements. Using a chemical evolution model of the Galaxy, we develop a model for the NEG and obtain the evolution results of the NEG in different epochs. The present results appear to reasonably reproduce the distribution of neutron exposures of the solar system (hereafter NES). The main component and the strong component in the NES are built up in different epochs. The strong component of the s-process is mainly synthesised in the low-mass and metal-poor AGB stars, and the main component is produced by the s-process in the low-mass AGB stars with higher metallicities.展开更多
We build a sample of 298 spectroscopically-confirmed galaxies at redshift z - 2, selected in the z850-band from the GOODS-MUSIC catalog. By utilizing the rest frame 8 p.m luminosity as a proxy of the star formation ra...We build a sample of 298 spectroscopically-confirmed galaxies at redshift z - 2, selected in the z850-band from the GOODS-MUSIC catalog. By utilizing the rest frame 8 p.m luminosity as a proxy of the star formation rate (SFR), we check the accuracy of the standard SED-fitting technique, finding it is not accurate enough to provide reliable estimates of the physical parameters of galaxies. We then develop a new SED-fitting method that includes the IR luminosity as a prior and a generalized Calzetti law with a variable Rv. Then we exploit the new method to re-analyze our galaxy sample, and to robustly determine SFRs, stellar masses and ages. We find that there is a general trend of increasing attenuation with the SFR. Moreover, we find that the SFRs range between a few to 103 M~ yr-1, the masses from 109 to 4 ~ 1011 Mo, and the ages from a few tens of Myr to more than 1 Gyr. We discuss how individual age measurements of highly attenuated objects indicate that dust must have formed within a few tens of Myr and already been copious at 〈 100 Myr. In addition, we find that low luminosity galaxies harbor, on average, significantly older stellar populations and are also less massive than brighter ones; we discuss how these findings and the well known 'downsizing' scenario are consistent in a framework where less massive galaxies form first, but their star formation lasts longer. Finally, we find that the near-IR attenuation is not scarce for luminous objects, contrary to what is customarily assumed; we discuss how this affects the interpretation of the observed M,/L ratios.展开更多
Using stellar evolutionary models, we investigate the effects of convective overshooting on naked helium stars. We find that a larger value of overshooting parameter δov results in a larger convective core, which pro...Using stellar evolutionary models, we investigate the effects of convective overshooting on naked helium stars. We find that a larger value of overshooting parameter δov results in a larger convective core, which prolongs the lifetimes of naked helium stars on the helium main sequence and leads to higher effective temperatures and luminosities. For naked helium stars with masses lower than about 0.8 Mo, they hardly become giant stars as a result of a weak burning shell. However, naked helium stars with masses between about 0.8 M⊙ and 1.1 M⊙ can evolve into giant branch phases, and finally become carbon oxygen white dwarfs.展开更多
Solar activities have a great impact on modern high-tech systems,such as human aerospace activities,satellite communication and navigation,deep space exploration,and related scientific research.Therefore,studying the ...Solar activities have a great impact on modern high-tech systems,such as human aerospace activities,satellite communication and navigation,deep space exploration,and related scientific research.Therefore,studying the long-term evolution trend of solar activity and accurately predicting the future solar cycles are highly anticipated.Based on the wavelet transform and empirical function fitting of the longest recorded data of the annual average relative sunspot number(ASN)series of 323 yr to date,this work decisively verifies the existence of the solar century cycles and confirms that its length is about 104.0 yr,and the magnitude has a slightly increasing trend on the timescale of several hundred years.Based on this long-term evolutionary trend,we predict solar cycles 25 and26 by using phase similar prediction methods.As for solar cycle 25,its maximum ASN will be about146.7±33.40,obviously stronger than solar cycle 24.The peak year will occur approximately in 2024,and the period will be about 11±1 yr.As for solar cycle 26,it will start around 2030,and reach its maximum between2035 and 2036,with maximum ASN of about 133.0±3.200,and period of about 10 yr.展开更多
To study the chemical evolution during the formation of molecular clouds,we model three types of clouds with different density structures:collapsing spherical,collapsing ellipsoidal,and static spherical profiles.The c...To study the chemical evolution during the formation of molecular clouds,we model three types of clouds with different density structures:collapsing spherical,collapsing ellipsoidal,and static spherical profiles.The collapsing models are better than the static models in matching the observational characteristics in typical molecular clouds.This is mainly because the gravity can speed up the formation of some important molecules(e.g.,H2,CO,OH)by increasing the number density during collapse.The different morphologies of prolate,oblate,and spherical clouds lead to differences in chemical evolution,which are mainly due to their different evolution of number density.We also study the effect of initial chemical compositions on chemical evolution,and find that H atoms can accelerate OH formation by two major reactions:O+H→OH in gas phase and on dust grain surfaces,leading to the models in which hydrogen is mainly atomic initially better match observations than the models in which hydrogen is mainly molecular initially.Namely,to match observations,initially hydrogen must be mostly atomic.The CO molecules are able to form even without the pre-existence of H2.We also study the influence of gas temperature,dust temperature,intensity of interstellar radiation field and cosmic-ray ionization rate on chemical evolution in static clouds.The static CO clouds with high dust temperature,strong radiation field,and intensive cosmic rays are transient due to rapid CO destruction.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.12225304,12288102,12090040/12090043,12403035 and 12273105)the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2021YFA1600404)+2 种基金the Yunnan Revitalization Talent Support Program(Yunling Scholar Project,Innovation Team and Young Talent Project)the Yunnan Science and Technology Program(Nos.202501AS070005,202201BC070003,202401AV070006 and 202201AW070011)the International Center of Supernovae,Yunnan Key Laboratory(No.202302AN360001)。
摘要It is generally believed that the electron-capture reactions happen when the oxygen-neon(ONe)cores grow in masses close to the Chandrasekhar limit,leading to the formation of neutron stars(NSs)via electron-capture supernovae(EC-SNe).EC-SNe are predicted to be the most likely short-lived and faint optical transients,and a small ejecta mass is expected during the collapse.This kind of SNe provide a distinct channel for producing isolated NSs and NS systems,especially for the formation of X-ray binaries and double NSs.Although EC-SNe were proposed∼45 yr ago,there are still some uncertainties for the origin of EC-SNe and their productions.In this article,we review recent studies on the two classic progenitor channels of EC-SNe,i.e.,the single star channel and the binary channel.In the single star channel,EC-SNe can happen in super asymptotic giant branch stars or He stars,whereas in the binary channel EC-SNe can occur in He stars in binaries(involving He star+MS systems and NS+He star systems)or accretion-induced collapse in white dwarf binaries(involving the singledegenerate scenario and the double-degenerate scenario).Recent progress on these two progenitor channels is discussed,including the initial parameter range for EC-SNe,the evolutionary paths to EC-SNe,related objects and some observational constraints,etc.We also make some discussions on the possible candidates for EC-SNe in this article,and the impacts of EC-SNe on some research fields,e.g.,the properties of NSs,double NS population and chemical products,etc.It is noting that EC-SNe show some similar properties with ultra-stripped SNe,e.g.,low ejecta masses and small kicks.Accordingly,we also discuss the difference between these two types of SNe in this article.Research on EC-SNe is at a pivotal stage,with key theoretical uncertainties and observational challenges requiring integrated modeling and multi-wavelength observations for robust identification.
基金partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC,grant Nos.12288102,12125303,12090040/3,12473034)by the National Key R&D Program of China(grant No.2021YFA1600403)+5 种基金the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(grant Nos.XDB1160303,XDB1160000)the International Centre of Supernovae,Yunnan Key Laboratory(grant No.202302AN360001)the Yunnan Revitalization Talent Support Program——Science&Technology Champion Project(grant No.202305AB350003)the Yunnan Revitalization Talent Support Program——Young Talent project,the Yunnan Fundamental Research Project(grant No.202401AT070139)the Natural Science Foundation of Henan Province(242300420944)New Cornerstone Science Foundation through the XPLORER PRIZE。
摘要Helium white dwarfs(WDs)with masses less than 0.3 M⊙are known as extremely low-mass WDs(ELM WDs),which cannot be produced by single stellar evolution in theory.Generally,these stars are believed to form through binary interactions.Recently,two ELM WDs in unusually wide orbits were reported,i.e.,KIC 8145411 and HE0430-2457.Their orbital separations are too wide to be produced by the binary evolution scenario.In this work,we study the formation of wide-orbit ELM WD binaries from hierarchical triple systems.In this scenario,an ELM WD is formed from the inner binary and subsequently forms a wide binary system with the third object.We find that the merger of an evolved star with a brown dwarf in the inner binary fails to produce single ELM WDs,but Type Ia supernovae(SNe Ia)explosions can successfully do so.Furthermore,we investigate the impact of the supernova explosion on the orbital distribution of the surviving binary and find that this channel may have a probability of reproducing the orbital parameters of HE 0430-2457,but fails to reproduce the observed features of KIC 8145411.This supports recent observational recalibrations suggesting that KIC 8145411 resides in a triple system rather than a binary.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, Nos. 12288102, 12125303, 12090040/3, 12090040/1, 11873016, 12333008 and 12422305)the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (grant Nos. XDB1160303, XDB1160300, XDB1160000, XDB1160200 and XDB1160201)+7 种基金the National Key R&D Program of China (Nos. 2021YFA1600403, 2021YFA1600401 and 2021YFA1600400)the International Centre of Supernovae (ICESUN), Yunnan Key Laboratory of Supernova Research (No. 202505AV340004)the Yunnan Fundamental Research Projects (grant Nos. 202201BC070003 and 202001AW070007)the Yunnan Revitalization Talent Support Program "Yun Ling Scholar" projectthe New Cornerstone Science Foundation through the XPLORER PRl ZEthe Young Talent Project of Yunnan Revitalization Talent Support Programthe Yunnan Revitalization Talent Support Program-Science & Technology Champion Project (No. 202305AB350003)the CAS Project for Young Scientists in Basic Research (YSBR-148)
摘要ATLAS J1138-5139 is a newly detected ultra-compact double white dwarf(DWD) system which is composed of a 1.02 M⊙ carbon-oxygen white dwarf(CO WD) and a 0.24M⊙ helium(He) WD with an orbital period of about 27.68 minutes,making it one of the shortest-period DWD systems known.The future evolution and final fate of this system remain unexplored.In this work,we investigate the evolution of ATLAS J1138-5139 with the onedimensional stellar evolution code Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics.We find that ATLAS J1138-5139 will evolve into an AM Canum Venaticorum system in about~6.3 Myr.Afterwards,the transferred material from the He WD companion start to build up to form a He shell near the surface of the CO WD.This accumulated He-shell masses can be up to approximately 0.12M⊙,which is likely to trigger a double-detonation(DDet) explosion of the CO WD.We therefore expect that ATLAS J1138-5139 will likely explode as a type Ⅰa supernova eventually through the DDet explosion mechanism.Moreover,our calculations show that ATLAS J1138-5139 will be a promising target for gravitational-wave detection by future detectors like LISA,TianQin and Taiji.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC,Grant Nos.11988101,12133004 and 11833009)the Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(grant No.QYZDJ-SSW-SLH021 and JZHKYPT-2021-06).
摘要Binary millisecond pulsars with a massive white dwarf(WD)companion are intermediate-mass binary pulsars(IMBPs).They are formed via the Case BB Roche-lobe overflow evolution channel if they are in compact orbits with an orbital period of less than 1 day.They are fairly rare in the known pulsar population;only five such IMBPs have been discovered before,and one of them is in a globular cluster.Here we report six IMBPs in compact orbits:PSRs J0416+5201,J0520+3722,J1919+1341,J1943+2210,J1947+2304 and J2023+2853,discovered during the Galactic Plane Pulsar Snapshot survey by using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope,doubling the number of such IMBPs due to the high survey sensitivity in the short survey time of 5 minutes.Follow-up timing observations show that they all have either a CO WD or an ONeMg WD companion with a mass greater than about 0.8M⊙in a very circular orbit with an eccentricity in the order of10−5.PSR J0416+5201 should be an ONeMg WD companion with a remarkable minimum mass of 1.28M⊙.These massive WD companions lead to a detectable Shapiro delay for PSRs J0416+5201,J0520+3722,J1943+2210,and J2023+2853,indicating that their orbits are highly inclined.From the measurement of the Shapiro delay,the pulsar mass of J1943+2210 was constrained to be 1.84+0.11-0.09M⊙,and that of PSR J2023+2853 to be 1.28+0.06-0.05M⊙.
基金supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(grant Nos.XDB1160303,XDB1160000)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC,Nos.12288102,12333008,12090040/1,11873016,11973080,and 11803030)+3 种基金the National Key R&D Program of China(Nos.2021YFA1600403,2021YFA1600401 and 2021YFA1600400)the Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS),the Yunnan Ten Thousand Talents Plan–Young&Elite Talents Project,and the CAS“Light of West China”Program,the International Centre of Supernovae,Yunnan Key Laboratory(No.202302AN360001)the Yunnan Fundamental Research Projects(grant Nos.202401BC070007,202201BC070003,and 202001AW070007)the“Yunnan Revitalization Talent Support Program”—Science&Technology Champion Project and Yunling Scholar Project(No.202305AB350003).
摘要The nature of progenitors of Type Ia supernovae(SNe Ia)and their explosion mechanism remains unclear.It has been suggested that SNe Ia may have resulted from thermonuclear explosions of hybrid carbon-oxygen-neon white dwarfs(CONe WDs)when they grow in mass to approach the Chandrasekhar mass limit by accreting matter from a binary main-sequence(MS)companion.In this work,we combine the results of detailed binary evolution calculations with population synthesis models to investigate the rates and delay times of SNe Ia in the CONe WD+MS channel at a low metallicity environment of Z=0.0001.For a constant star formation rate of 5M⊙yr−1,our calculations predict that the SN Ia rates in the CONe WD+MS channel at low metallicity of Z=0.0001 is about 0.11−3.89×10−4 yr−1.In addition,delay times in this channel cover a wide range of 0.05−2.5 Gyr.We further compare our results to those given by a previous study for the CONe WD+MS channel with a higher metallicity of Z=0.02 to explore the influence of metallicity on the results.We find that these two metallicity environments give a slight difference in rates and delay times of SNe Ia from the CONe WD+MS channel,although SNe Ia produced at a low metallicity environment of Z=0.0001 have relatively longer delay times.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC,grant Nos.12288102,12225304,and 12090040/12090043)the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2021YFA1600404)+3 种基金the Western Light Project of CAS(No.XBZG-ZDSYS-202117)the Yunnan Revitalization Talent Support Program(Yunling Scholar Project)the Yunnan Fundamental Research Project(No.202201BC070003)the International Centre of Supernovae,Yunnan Key Laboratory(No.202302AN360001).
摘要Type Ia supernovae(SNe Ia)are among the most extreme phenomena in the Universe and play a crucial role in the studies of stellar evolution,galactic chemical evolution and cosmology.However,the progenitors of SNe Ia are still under debate.It has been suggested that SNe Ia could be produced by helium(He)novae in the singledegenerate channel.Recently,a He nova named[HP99]159 was proposed to be a progenitor candidate for SNe Ia,in which the white dwarf(WD)has a mass of 1.20.4+0.18M⊙,the He star’s mass ranges from 0.8M⊙to 2.0M⊙and the orbital period was suggested to be 2.33 or 1.16 days.In the present work,we evolved a large number of primordial binaries to the formation of WD+He star systems and investigated their future evolution.We provided a representative evolutionary track of[HP99]159 and found that[HP99]159 may originate from a primordial binary with a 6.16M⊙primary and a 4.32M⊙secondary with an initial orbital period of 5110 days.We also found that[HP99]159 might evolve to an SN Ia explosion as suggested by previous studies,or it may also form an accretion-induced collapse event or a wide double WD.Further detailed observations are needed in future studies to provide more information about the precise nature of[HP99]159.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
摘要Based on the s-process nucleosynthesis model with the 13C(α, n)16O reaction occurring under radiative conditions in the interpulse phases, we investigate the characteristics of the distribution of neutron exposure in low-mass Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) stars. We introduce a new concept, the distribution of neutron exposures of the Galaxy (NEG), to study the chemical evolution characteristics of the Galaxy for s-process elements. Using a chemical evolution model of the Galaxy, we develop a model for the NEG and obtain the evolution results of the NEG in different epochs. The present results appear to reasonably reproduce the distribution of neutron exposures of the solar system (hereafter NES). The main component and the strong component in the NES are built up in different epochs. The strong component of the s-process is mainly synthesised in the low-mass and metal-poor AGB stars, and the main component is produced by the s-process in the low-mass AGB stars with higher metallicities.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
摘要We build a sample of 298 spectroscopically-confirmed galaxies at redshift z - 2, selected in the z850-band from the GOODS-MUSIC catalog. By utilizing the rest frame 8 p.m luminosity as a proxy of the star formation rate (SFR), we check the accuracy of the standard SED-fitting technique, finding it is not accurate enough to provide reliable estimates of the physical parameters of galaxies. We then develop a new SED-fitting method that includes the IR luminosity as a prior and a generalized Calzetti law with a variable Rv. Then we exploit the new method to re-analyze our galaxy sample, and to robustly determine SFRs, stellar masses and ages. We find that there is a general trend of increasing attenuation with the SFR. Moreover, we find that the SFRs range between a few to 103 M~ yr-1, the masses from 109 to 4 ~ 1011 Mo, and the ages from a few tens of Myr to more than 1 Gyr. We discuss how individual age measurements of highly attenuated objects indicate that dust must have formed within a few tens of Myr and already been copious at 〈 100 Myr. In addition, we find that low luminosity galaxies harbor, on average, significantly older stellar populations and are also less massive than brighter ones; we discuss how these findings and the well known 'downsizing' scenario are consistent in a framework where less massive galaxies form first, but their star formation lasts longer. Finally, we find that the near-IR attenuation is not scarce for luminous objects, contrary to what is customarily assumed; we discuss how this affects the interpretation of the observed M,/L ratios.
基金supported by the Xinjiang Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars under Grant Nos. 2013721014 and 2014721015the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos. 11473024, 11363005 and 11163005
摘要Using stellar evolutionary models, we investigate the effects of convective overshooting on naked helium stars. We find that a larger value of overshooting parameter δov results in a larger convective core, which prolongs the lifetimes of naked helium stars on the helium main sequence and leads to higher effective temperatures and luminosities. For naked helium stars with masses lower than about 0.8 Mo, they hardly become giant stars as a result of a weak burning shell. However, naked helium stars with masses between about 0.8 M⊙ and 1.1 M⊙ can evolve into giant branch phases, and finally become carbon oxygen white dwarfs.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China 2021YFA1600503 and 2022YFF0503001the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences XDB0560302+1 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC,grant No.11973057)the International Partnership Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences 183311KYSB20200003。
摘要Solar activities have a great impact on modern high-tech systems,such as human aerospace activities,satellite communication and navigation,deep space exploration,and related scientific research.Therefore,studying the long-term evolution trend of solar activity and accurately predicting the future solar cycles are highly anticipated.Based on the wavelet transform and empirical function fitting of the longest recorded data of the annual average relative sunspot number(ASN)series of 323 yr to date,this work decisively verifies the existence of the solar century cycles and confirms that its length is about 104.0 yr,and the magnitude has a slightly increasing trend on the timescale of several hundred years.Based on this long-term evolutionary trend,we predict solar cycles 25 and26 by using phase similar prediction methods.As for solar cycle 25,its maximum ASN will be about146.7±33.40,obviously stronger than solar cycle 24.The peak year will occur approximately in 2024,and the period will be about 11±1 yr.As for solar cycle 26,it will start around 2030,and reach its maximum between2035 and 2036,with maximum ASN of about 133.0±3.200,and period of about 10 yr.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China through grants 12041305 and 11873094。
摘要To study the chemical evolution during the formation of molecular clouds,we model three types of clouds with different density structures:collapsing spherical,collapsing ellipsoidal,and static spherical profiles.The collapsing models are better than the static models in matching the observational characteristics in typical molecular clouds.This is mainly because the gravity can speed up the formation of some important molecules(e.g.,H2,CO,OH)by increasing the number density during collapse.The different morphologies of prolate,oblate,and spherical clouds lead to differences in chemical evolution,which are mainly due to their different evolution of number density.We also study the effect of initial chemical compositions on chemical evolution,and find that H atoms can accelerate OH formation by two major reactions:O+H→OH in gas phase and on dust grain surfaces,leading to the models in which hydrogen is mainly atomic initially better match observations than the models in which hydrogen is mainly molecular initially.Namely,to match observations,initially hydrogen must be mostly atomic.The CO molecules are able to form even without the pre-existence of H2.We also study the influence of gas temperature,dust temperature,intensity of interstellar radiation field and cosmic-ray ionization rate on chemical evolution in static clouds.The static CO clouds with high dust temperature,strong radiation field,and intensive cosmic rays are transient due to rapid CO destruction.