WD + He star systems as the progenitors of Type Ia supernovae and their surviving companion stars |
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Authors: | B Wang Z Han |
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Institution: | 1. National Astronomical Observatories/Yunnan Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650011, P.R. China 2. Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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Abstract: | Employing Eggleton’s stellar evolution code with the optically thick wind assumption, we have systematically studied the WD + He star channel of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), in which a carbon–oxygen WD accretes material from a He main-sequence star or a He subgiant to increase its mass to the Chandrasekhar mass. We mapped out the parameter spaces for producing SNe Ia. According to a detailed binary population synthesis approach, we find that the Galactic SN Ia birthrate from this channel is ~0.3×10?3 yr?1, and that this channel can produce SNe Ia with short delay times (~45–140 Myr). We also find that the surviving companion stars in this channel have a high spatial velocity (>400 km/s) after the SN explosion, which could be an alternative origin for hypervelocity stars (HVSs), especially for HVSs such as US 708. |
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