The peculiar infrared temporal development of Nova Vulpeculae 1987 (QV Vulpeculae)

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Dec 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992apj...400..671g&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 400, no. 2, p. 671-680.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Astronomical Spectroscopy, Cosmic Dust, Infrared Astronomy, Novae, Peculiar Stars, Astronomical Photometry, Cataclysmic Variables, Stellar Envelopes, Visible Spectrum

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The paper reports 1.25-19.5-micron IR photometry and optical/IR spectroscopy of Nova QV Vul (1987) from November 1987 through September 1989. The measurements show that an optically thick carbon dust shell formed within 83 d of the outburst, and that the spectral signatures of four types of astrophysical grains appeared at various times during a 2-yr period following the eruption. Carbon, SiC, and hydrocarbons formed first; oxygen-rich silicates formed later. It is suggested that the carbon dust components formed in fast-moving polar flumes, and that the silicates formed in a slow-moving equatorial ring. Mass estimates from the IR photometry and optical spectroscopy confirm that grain condensation in both the slow and fast ejecta of QV Vul is consistent with constraints established by previous observations of other dusty novae. It is concluded that the condensible elements in these grains were present in approximately solar abundance.

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