Issue |
EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 43, 2013
40th Liège International Astrophysical Colloquium. Ageing Low Mass Stars: From Red Giants to White Dwarfs
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Article Number | 04001 | |
Number of page(s) | 7 | |
Section | Hot B Subdwarfs (SDB) | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20134304001 | |
Published online | 21 March 2013 |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20134304001
Hot subdwarf formation: Confronting theory with observation
Dr. Karl Remeis-Observatory & ECAP, Astronomical Institute, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Sternwartstr. 7, 96049 Bamberg, Germany
a e-mail: geier@sternwarte.uni-erlangen.de
The formation of hot subdwarf stars is still unclear. Both single-star and binary scenarios have been proposed to explain the properties of these evolved stars situated at the extreme blue end of the horizontal branch. The observational evidence gathered in the last decade, which revealed high fractions of binaries, shifted the focus from the single-star to the binary formation scenarios. Common envelope ejection, stable Roche lobe overflow and the merger of helium white dwarfs seemed to be sufficient to explain the formation of both the binary as well as the remaining single hot subdwarfs. However, most recent and rather unexpected observations challenge the standard binary evolution scenarios.
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