Nucleosynthesis in classical novae and its contribution to the interstellar medium

RD Gehrz, JW Truran, RE Williams… - Publications of the …, 1998 - iopscience.iop.org
Classical novae, explosions that result from thermonuclear runaways (TNRs) on the
surfaces of white dwarfs (WDs) accreting hydrogen‐rich matter in close binary systems, are …

Optical imaging of nova shells and the maximum magnitude-rate of decline relationship

RA Downes, HW Duerbeck - The Astronomical Journal, 2000 - iopscience.iop.org
An optical imaging study of 30 recent novae has been undertaken using both ground-based
and space-based observations. Resolved shells have been detected around nine objects in …

Evolutionary sequences for Nova V1974 Cygni using new nuclear reaction rates and opacities

S Starrfield, JW Truran, MC Wiescher… - Monthly Notices of the …, 1998 - academic.oup.com
The outburst of Nova V1974 Cyg 1992 is arguably the best observed of this century, with
realistic estimates now available for the amount of mass ejected, the composition of the …

A universal decline law of classical novae

I Hachisu, M Kato - The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
We calculate many different nova light curves for a variety of white dwarf masses and
chemical compositions, with the assumption that free-free emission from optically thin ejecta …

Recent advances in studies of the nova outburst

S Starrfield - Physics reports, 1999 - Elsevier
The nova outburst is a consequence of the accretion of hydrogen-rich material onto a white
dwarf in a close binary system and observations show that the accreting material must have …

The spectroscopic evolution of the γ-ray emitting classical nova Nova Mon 2012-I. Implications for the ONe subclass of classical novae

SN Shore, IDG Aquino, GJ Schwarz… - Astronomy & …, 2013 - aanda.org
Aims. Among the classical novae, the ONe subgroup, distinguished by their large
overabundance of neon, are thought to occur on the most massive white dwarfs. Nova Mon …

V392 Persei: A γ-ray bright nova eruption from a known dwarf nova

FJ Murphy-Glaysher, MJ Darnley… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT V392 Persei is a known dwarf nova (DN) that underwent a classical nova
eruption in 2018. Here we report ground-based optical, Swift UV and X-ray, and Fermi-LAT γ …

Swift X-ray observations of classical novae. II. The super soft source sample

GJ Schwarz, JU Ness, JP Osborne… - The Astrophysical …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
The Swift gamma-ray burst satellite is an excellent facility for studying novae. Its rapid
response time and sensitive X-ray detector provides an unparalleled opportunity to …

Light-curve analysis of neon novae

I Hachisu, M Kato - The Astrophysical Journal, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We analyzed light curves of five neon novae, QU Vul, V351 Pup, V382 Vel, V693 CrA, and
V1974 Cyg, and determined their white dwarf (WD) masses and distance moduli on the …

Optical and ultraviolet spectrophotometry of the ONeMg Nova V838 Herculis 1991

KM Vanlandingham, S Starrfield… - Monthly Notices of …, 1996 - academic.oup.com
We present an analysis of optical and UV spectra of the fast nova V838 Herculis 1991. IUE
observations began on 1991 March 25 and continued through 1991 August 20, while optical …