Kavli Affiliate: Lars Bildsten
| First 5 Authors: Tin Long Sunny Wong, Tin Long Sunny Wong, , ,
| Summary:
Following a type Ia supernova (SN Ia) in a double white dwarf (WD) binary, a
surviving WD companion leaves at its orbital velocity $approx 1$,000 – 3,000
km/s. The Gaia mission has discovered seven such hypervelocity WDs with
inflated radii indicative of shock heating by SN ejecta. We study the
interaction between SN ejecta and Roche lobe-filling 0.08 – 0.45 $M_odot$
helium WD companions using three-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations with
Athena++. Given the importance of the later thermal evolution, we include an
accurate equation-of-state for the degenerate helium WD donor. We show that a
lower-mass, larger-radius WD companion is more strongly impacted by SN ejecta
and undergoes substantial mass loss. We find a tight relation between the
fractional mass loss and the ratio between the ejecta ram pressure and donor
volume-averaged pressure, which can be used for predicting mass loss in other
systems. In the most extreme case, the companion becomes a very inflated
$approx0.02,M_odot$ object. We find helium mass loss $approx 0.005 –
0.06,M_odot$ with velocities $approx $ 1,000$-$4,000 km/s, which may lead
to emission lines in the nebular phase. The surviving helium WD receives a kick
velocity, but its final velocity is essentially determined by its orbital
velocity $lesssim$ 1,600 km/s. We model the post-explosion evolution of the
shock-heated companions using MESA, and find reasonable agreement with the
hypervelocity stars D6-2, J0546+0836, J1332-3541 & SDSS J1637+3631. A surviving
$gtrsim 0.3,M_odot$ helium WD can be ruled out in SN1972E & SN2011fe, and
any surviving helium WD is likely ruled out in SN remnants 0509-67.5 & SN1006.
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