Abstract
We combine ground-based optical and IUE spectrophotometry to study the physical conditions in the shell of Nova V351 Puppis 1991. The structure and the evolution of the shell during the early nebular (i.e. optically thin) phase are discussed in this paper. The reddening, derived from recombination lines, is E(B - V) = 0.72 ± 0.10. The optical/UV light curves imply a distance of 3.0 ± 0.5 kpc. These values are found to be consistent with a study of the reddening in the stellar field near the nova. Abundances from the emission-line spectra yield enhancements within the predictions of thermonuclear runaway models for classical novae. Relative to solar by number, they are: He/H = 1.7, C/H = 3.5, N/H = 130, O/H = 38, Ne/H = 120, Al/Si = 28. The shell shows a low ejected mass (Mej ∼ 10-7 M⊙), implying a high- mass white dwarf. The optical spectra reveal a strong red excess, which we tentatively attribute to the red companion. The strength of this continuum suggests that the companion is either a giant or an irradiated main-sequence star.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 280-292 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
| Volume | 279 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - 1996 |
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Keywords
- Novae, cataclysmic variables
- Stars: individual: Nova Puppis 1991
- Ultraviolet: stars
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- Space and Planetary Science
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Nova V351 Puppis 1991 : A multiwavelength study of the nebular phase. / Saizar, P.; Pachoulakis, I.; Shore, S. N.; Starrfield, Sumner; Williams, R. E.; Rothschild, E.; Sonneborn, G.
In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 279, No. 1, 1996, p. 280-292.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Nova V351 Puppis 1991
T2 - A multiwavelength study of the nebular phase
AU - Saizar, P.
AU - Pachoulakis, I.
AU - Shore, S. N.
AU - Starrfield, Sumner
AU - Williams, R. E.
AU - Rothschild, E.
AU - Sonneborn, G.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - We combine ground-based optical and IUE spectrophotometry to study the physical conditions in the shell of Nova V351 Puppis 1991. The structure and the evolution of the shell during the early nebular (i.e. optically thin) phase are discussed in this paper. The reddening, derived from recombination lines, is E(B - V) = 0.72 ± 0.10. The optical/UV light curves imply a distance of 3.0 ± 0.5 kpc. These values are found to be consistent with a study of the reddening in the stellar field near the nova. Abundances from the emission-line spectra yield enhancements within the predictions of thermonuclear runaway models for classical novae. Relative to solar by number, they are: He/H = 1.7, C/H = 3.5, N/H = 130, O/H = 38, Ne/H = 120, Al/Si = 28. The shell shows a low ejected mass (Mej ∼ 10-7 M⊙), implying a high- mass white dwarf. The optical spectra reveal a strong red excess, which we tentatively attribute to the red companion. The strength of this continuum suggests that the companion is either a giant or an irradiated main-sequence star.
AB - We combine ground-based optical and IUE spectrophotometry to study the physical conditions in the shell of Nova V351 Puppis 1991. The structure and the evolution of the shell during the early nebular (i.e. optically thin) phase are discussed in this paper. The reddening, derived from recombination lines, is E(B - V) = 0.72 ± 0.10. The optical/UV light curves imply a distance of 3.0 ± 0.5 kpc. These values are found to be consistent with a study of the reddening in the stellar field near the nova. Abundances from the emission-line spectra yield enhancements within the predictions of thermonuclear runaway models for classical novae. Relative to solar by number, they are: He/H = 1.7, C/H = 3.5, N/H = 130, O/H = 38, Ne/H = 120, Al/Si = 28. The shell shows a low ejected mass (Mej ∼ 10-7 M⊙), implying a high- mass white dwarf. The optical spectra reveal a strong red excess, which we tentatively attribute to the red companion. The strength of this continuum suggests that the companion is either a giant or an irradiated main-sequence star.
KW - Novae, cataclysmic variables
KW - Stars: individual: Nova Puppis 1991
KW - Ultraviolet: stars
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