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Main Authors: Zhang, Zhengyang, Wu, Chengyuan, Zhang, Xianfei, Han, Zhanwen, Wang, Bo
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.08903
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author Zhang, Zhengyang
Wu, Chengyuan
Zhang, Xianfei
Han, Zhanwen
Wang, Bo
author_facet Zhang, Zhengyang
Wu, Chengyuan
Zhang, Xianfei
Han, Zhanwen
Wang, Bo
contents Blue Large-Amplitude Pulsators (BLAPs) represent a recently identified class of pulsating stars distinguished by their short pulsation periods ($2 - 60$ minutes) and asymmetric light curves. This study investigated the evolutionary channel of HD 133729 which is the first confirmed BLAP in a binary system. Using the binary evolution code MESA, we explored various mass ratios and initial orbital periods. Our simulations suggest that a system with a mass ratio $q = 0.30$ undergoing non-conservative mass transfer ($β=0.15$) can reproduce the observed characteristics through the pre-white dwarf Roche lobe overflow channel. Meanwhile, we predict that there are significant helium and nitrogen enhancements on the surface of the main sequence (MS) star. The system will eventually undergo the common envelope phase, leading to a stellar merger. HD 133729 is a unique case as a benchmark, providing crucial insights into the formation mechanism and evolutionary fate of BLAPs with MS companions. This work constrains the elemental abundances of the MS star and has helped our understanding of non-conservative mass transfer in binary evolution.
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spellingShingle Binary Evolution Pathways to Blue Large-Amplitude Pulsators: Insights from HD 133729
Zhang, Zhengyang
Wu, Chengyuan
Zhang, Xianfei
Han, Zhanwen
Wang, Bo
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Blue Large-Amplitude Pulsators (BLAPs) represent a recently identified class of pulsating stars distinguished by their short pulsation periods ($2 - 60$ minutes) and asymmetric light curves. This study investigated the evolutionary channel of HD 133729 which is the first confirmed BLAP in a binary system. Using the binary evolution code MESA, we explored various mass ratios and initial orbital periods. Our simulations suggest that a system with a mass ratio $q = 0.30$ undergoing non-conservative mass transfer ($β=0.15$) can reproduce the observed characteristics through the pre-white dwarf Roche lobe overflow channel. Meanwhile, we predict that there are significant helium and nitrogen enhancements on the surface of the main sequence (MS) star. The system will eventually undergo the common envelope phase, leading to a stellar merger. HD 133729 is a unique case as a benchmark, providing crucial insights into the formation mechanism and evolutionary fate of BLAPs with MS companions. This work constrains the elemental abundances of the MS star and has helped our understanding of non-conservative mass transfer in binary evolution.
title Binary Evolution Pathways to Blue Large-Amplitude Pulsators: Insights from HD 133729
topic Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.08903