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Why are Supersoft X-ray Fluxes So Weak in Early-type Galaxies? – A Clue to Type Ia SNe Progenitors –

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 January 2013

Mariko Kato
Mariko Kato*
Affiliation:
Keio University, 4-1-1 Hiyoshi, Kouhoku-ku, Yokohama, 223-8521, Japan email: mariko@educ.cc.keio.ac.jp
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Abstract

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Supersoft X-ray fluxes in early-type galaxies provide an excellent test for Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) progenitors: the double degenerate (DD) scenario is believed to produce no supersoft sources (SSSs) except just before the SN Ia explosion, while the single degenerate (SD) scenario produces SSSs in some phases of the symbiotic channel. Recent observations of the supersoft X-ray flux of early-type galaxies show a remarkable agreement with theoretical predictions of the SD scenario, which thus turns out to be a strong support for the SD scenario, despite the original observations aimed at the opposite conclusion. Here I explain why X-ray fluxes are so weak in early-type galaxies. (1) Candidate binaries in the SD scenario become SSSs only during a short time on their way to SNe Ia explosions, because they spend a large part of their lifetime in a wind phase. (2) During the SSS phase, symbiotic stars emit very weak supersoft X-ray fluxes even if the WD is very massive. It should be emphasized that supersoft X-ray symbiotic stars are very rare and we need more observations to understand their nature.

Keywords

binaries: symbiotic — stars: novaecataclysmic variableslate-typemass losswhite dwarfssupernovae — X-rays: galaxiesstars
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Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 7 , Issue S281: Binary Paths to Type Ia Supernovae Explosions , July 2011 , pp. 145 - 148
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2013

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