Numerical simulations of the convective dilution process in helium-rich white dwarfs

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dc.contributor.editorCastanheira, B.
dc.contributor.editorVanderbosch, Z.
dc.contributor.editorMontgomery, M.
dc.creatorRolland, B.
dc.creatorBergeron, P.
dc.creatorFontaine, G.
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-19T16:46:05Z
dc.date.available2018-12-19T16:46:05Z
dc.date.issued2018-07
dc.descriptionThe 21st European Workshop on White Dwarfs was held in Austin, TX from July 23rd to 27th of 2018en_US
dc.description.abstractDB and DBA white dwarfs are generally believed to be the result of a process by which a thin radiative hydrogen atmosphere floating in diffusive equilibrium on top of a helium envelope is eventually completely diluted in the underlying more massive helium convection zone that develops with cooling. However, the observed hydrogen abundances in these objects exceed by several orders of magnitude the predictions obtained from such a scenario invoking diffusive equilibrium, thus currently leaving the very existence of DB and DBA white dwarfs unaccounted for in any satisfactory way. We present here the results of new numerical simulations aimed at improving the modeling of this convective dilution process. In particular, we show how DA white dwarfs can be transformed into DB stars below 20,000 K, and more importantly, we propose a model that predicts the correct amount of hydrogen observed in DBA stars without invoking any accretion mechanism, an alternative model that has been proposed over the years to account qualitatively for the presence of hydrogen in the atmospheres of DBA stars.en_US
dc.description.departmentAstronomyen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.15781/T2WS8J64B
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/71596
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.relation.ispartof21st European White Dwarf Workshopen_US
dc.rights.restrictionOpenen_US
dc.subjectwhite dwarfsen_US
dc.subjecthelium-rich white dwarfsen_US
dc.subjectconvective dilutionen_US
dc.titleNumerical simulations of the convective dilution process in helium-rich white dwarfsen_US
dc.typeConference paperen_US

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