Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Solar Evolution Models with a Central Black Hole |
| Authors: |
Earl P. Bellinger, Matt E. Caplan, Taeho Ryu, Deepika Bollimpalli, Warrick H. Ball, Florian Kühnel, R. Farmer, S. E. de Mink, Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard |
| Source: |
The Astrophysical Journal, Vol 959, Iss 2, p 113 (2023) |
| Publisher Information: |
IOP Publishing, 2023. |
| Publication Year: |
2023 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Astrophysics |
| Subject Terms: |
Stellar evolution, Primordial black holes, Dark matter, Astrophysics, QB460-466 |
| More Details: |
Hawking proposed that the Sun may harbor a primordial black hole (BH) whose accretion supplies some of the solar luminosity. Such an object would have formed within the first 1 s after the Big Bang with the mass of a moon or an asteroid. These light BHs are a candidate solution to the dark matter problem, and could grow to become stellar-mass BHs if captured by stars. Here we compute the evolution of stars having such a BH at their center. We find that such objects can be surprisingly long-lived, with the lightest BHs having no influence over stellar evolution, while more massive ones consume the star over time to produce a range of observable consequences. Models of the Sun born about a BH whose mass has since grown to approximately 10 ^−6 M _⊙ are compatible with current observations. In this scenario, the Sun would first dim to half its current luminosity over a span of 100 Myr as the accretion starts to generate enough energy to quench nuclear reactions. The Sun would then expand into a fully convective star, where it would shine luminously for potentially several gigayears with an enriched surface helium abundance, first as a sub-subgiant star, and later as a red straggler, before becoming a subsolar-mass BH. We also present results for a range of stellar masses and metallicities. The unique internal structures of stars harboring BHs may make it possible for asteroseismology to discover them, should they exist. We conclude with a list of open problems and predictions. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1538-4357 |
| Relation: |
https://doaj.org/toc/1538-4357 |
| DOI: |
10.3847/1538-4357/ad04de |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/a421c3f39dcc4332b7c897950ddde847 |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.421c3f39dcc4332b7c897950ddde847 |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
