Global non-spherical oscillations in 3-D $4\pi$ simulations of the H-ingestion flash

Abstract

We performed 3-D simulations of proton-rich material entrainment into \czw-rich He-shell flash convection and the subsequent H-ingestion flash that took place in the post-AGB star Sakurai's object. Observations of the transient nature and anomalous abundance features are available to validate our method and assumptions, with the aim to apply them to very low metallicity stars in the future. We include nuclear energy feedback from H burning and cover the full $4\pi$ geometry of the shell. Runs on $768^3$ and $1536^3$ grids agree well with each other and have been followed for $1500\min$ and $1200\min$. After a $850\min$ long quiescent entrainment phase the simulations enter into a global non-spherical oscillation that is launched and sustained by individual ignition events of H-rich fluid pockets. Fast circumferential flows collide at the antipode and cause the formation and localized ignition of the next H-overabundant pocket. The cycle repeats for more than a dozen times while its amplitude decreases. During the global oscillation the entrainment rate increases temporarily by a factor $\approx 100$. Entrained entropy quenches convective motions in the upper layer until the burning of entrained H establishes a separate convection zone. The lower-resolution run hints at the possibility that another global oscillation, perhaps even more violent will follow. The location of the H-burning convection zone agrees with a 1-D model in which the mixing efficiency is calibrated to reproduce the light curve. The simulations have been performed at the NSF Blue Waters supercomputer at NCSA.

Accepted by ApJ Letters July 17, 2014; published August 11, 2014

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