The Evolution of Massive Helium Stars Including Mass Loss

Abstract

The evolution of helium stars with initial masses in the range 1.6 to 120 Msun is studied, including the effects of mass loss by winds. These stars are assumed to form in binary systems when their expanding hydrogenic envelopes are promptly lost just after helium ignition. Significant differences are found with single star evolution, chiefly because the helium core loses mass during helium burning rather than gaining it from hydrogen shell burning. Consequently presupernova stars for a given initial mass function have considerably smaller mass when they die and will be easier to explode. Even accounting for this difference, the helium stars with mass loss develop more centrally condensed cores that should explode more easily than their single-star counterparts. The production of low mass black holes may be diminished. Helium stars with initial masses below 3.2 Msun experience significant radius expansion after helium depletion, reaching blue supergiant proportions. This could trigger additional mass exchange or affect the light curve of the supernova. The most common black hole masses produced in binaries is estimated to be about 9 Msun. A new maximum mass for black holes derived from pulsational pair-instability supernovae is derived - 46 Msun, and a new potential gap at 10 - 12 Msun is noted. Models pertinent to SN 2014ft are presented and a library of presupernova models is generated.

arXiv comment23 pages, 16 figures, 8 tables, submitted Astrophysical Journal Dec. 23, 2018; accepted April 21, 2019

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