Nuclear Ignition of White Dwarf Stars by Relativistic Encounters with Rotating Intermediate Mass Black Holes

Anninos, Peter; Hoffman, Robert D.; Grewal, Manvir; Lavell, Michael J.; Fragile, P. Chris

doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab4ae0

Title: Nuclear Ignition of White Dwarf Stars by Relativistic Encounters with Rotating Intermediate Mass Black Holes

Journal Article · 08 November 2019 · The Astrophysical Journal (Online)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab4ae0 · OSTI ID:1577239

Anninos, Peter ^[1]; Hoffman, Robert D. ^[1]; Grewal, Manvir ^[2]; Lavell, Michael J. ^[1];

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Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States)
College of Charleston, Charleston, SC (United States); Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States)

We present results from general relativistic calculations of nuclear ignition in white dwarf stars triggered by near encounters with rotating intermediate mass black holes with different spin and alignment parameters. These encounters create thermonuclear environments characteristic of Type Ia supernovae capable of producing both calcium and iron-group elements in arbitrary ratios, depending primarily on the proximity of the interaction which acts as a strong moderator of nucleosynthesis. Here, we explore the effects of black hole spin and spin-orbital alignment on burn-product synthesis to determine whether they might also be capable of moderating reactive flows. When normalized to equivalent impact penetration, accounting for frame-dragging corrections, the influence of spin is weak, no more than 25% as measured by nuclear energy release and mass of burn products, even for near maximally rotating black holes. Stars on prograde trajectories approach closer to the black hole and produce significantly more unbound debris and iron-group elements than is possible by encounters with nonrotating black holes or by retrograde orbits, at more than 50% mass conversion efficiency. The debris contains several radioisotopes, most notably ⁵⁶Ni, made in amounts that produce subluminous (but still observable) light curves compared to branch-normal SNe Ia.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

OSTI ID:: 1577239

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-777261; 970929; TRN: US2102137

Journal Information:: The Astrophysical Journal (Online), Vol. 885, Issue 2; ISSN 1538-4357

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