Kelvin–Helmholtz instabilities as the source of inhomogeneous mixing in nova explosions

J Casanova, J José, E García-Berro, SN Shore… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Classical novae, are thermonuclear explosions in binary stellar systems containing a white
dwarf accreting material from a close companion star. They repeatedly eject 10− 4–10− 5 …

Three-dimensional simulations of turbulent convective mixing in ONe and CO classical nova explosions

J Casanova, J José, E García-Berro… - Astronomy & …, 2016 - aanda.org
Classical novae are thermonuclear explosions that take place in the envelopes of accreting
white dwarfs in binary systems. The material piles up under degenerate conditions, driving a …

Discovery of an Exceptional Optical Nebulosity in the Suspected Galactic SN Iax Remnant Pa 30 Linked to the Historical Guest Star of 1181 CE

RA Fesen, BE Schaefer, D Patchick - The Astrophysical Journal …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
A newly recognized young Galactic supernova (SN) remnant, Pa 30 (G123. 1+ 4.6),
centered on a hot central star with a∼ 16,000 km s− 1 wind velocity, has recently been …

Angular expansion of nova shells

E Santamaría, MA Guerrero… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Nova shells can provide important information on their distance, their interactions with
circumstellar and interstellar media, and the evolution in morphology of the ejecta. We have …

Two new nova shells associated with V4362 Sagittarii and DO Aquilae

EJ Harvey, MP Redman, P Boumis… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT A classical nova is an eruption on the surface of a white dwarf in an accreting
binary system. The material ejected from the white dwarf surface generally forms an …

Searching for nova shells around cataclysmic variables

DI Sahman, VS Dhillon, C Knigge… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
We present the results of a search for nova shells around 101 cataclysmic variables (CVs),
using H α images taken with the 4.2-m William Herschel Telescope (WHT) and the 2.5-m …

Association between Recurrent Novae and Nova Super-Remnants

MW Healy-Kalesh - arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.17652, 2024 - arxiv.org
Nova super-remnants (NSRs) are substantially extended structures (> 100 parsecs)
encompassing recurrent novae. NSRs grow as a result of frequent nova eruptions …

Spatiokinematic models of five nova remnants: correlations between nova shell axial ratio, expansion velocity, and speed class

E Santamaría, MA Guerrero, S Zavala… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We present long-slit intermediate-dispersion spectroscopic observations and narrow-band
direct imaging of four classical nova shells, namely T Aur, HR Del, DQ Her, and QU Vul, and …

Hubble Space Telescope Fine Guidance Sensor Parallaxes for Four Classical Novae

TE Harrison, J Bornak, BE McArthur… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
We have used data obtained with the Fine Guidance Sensors on the Hubble Space
Telescope to derive precise astrometric parallaxes for four classical novae: V603 Aql, DQ …

XMM-Newton observations of eleven intermediate polars and possible candidates

H Worpel, AD Schwope, I Traulsen, K Mukai… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
Aims. We aim to identify new intermediate polars (IPs) in XMM-Newton observations from a
list of promising candidates. By selecting targets not previously known to be X-ray bright, we …