The temporal evolution of the 1-5 micron spectrum of V1974 CYGNI (Nova Cygni 1992)

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Jan 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995apj...438..921w&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 438, no. 2, p. 921-931

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Cataclysmic Variables, Infrared Spectra, Novae, Stellar Coronas, Stellar Mass Ejection, Stellar Spectra, Bremsstrahlung, Evolution (Development), Stellar Composition, Stellar Mass, Stellar Physics

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We present 1-5 micrometer moderate- and high-resolution infrared spectra of the ONeMg nova V1974 (Nova Cygni 1992) obtained at multiple epochs during an approximately 500 day period after outburst. During the first 80 days, the spectra exhibited continuum emission from thermal bremsstrahlung (free-free radiation) with prominent recombination line emission from hydrogen, helium, nitrogen, and oxygen. The measurement Full Width at Half Maximum (FWHM) of these recombination lines suggests that the initial velocity of the ejecta was approximately equals 2400-3400 km/s. We estimate from the hydrogen recombination line ratios that the density of the ionized shell at this epoch was approximately equals 109, with an effective electron temperature of approximately equals 5 x 103 K. As the temporal evolution of the ejecta progressed, the hydrogen and helium lines diminished in intensity, and coronal lines of aluminum, calcium, magnesium, neon, and sulfur appeared by approximately day 80. The coronal line emission phase persisted for over 400 days. During this epoch, no significant dust formation occurred. We find that the ejecta of V1974 Cyg were overabundant in aluminum with respect to silicon by a factor of approximately equals 5 and in magnesium with respect to silicon by a factor of greater than or equal to 3 relative to the solar photosphere. Comparison of our observed overabundances with recent model predictions of elemental synthesis in ONeMg outbursts suggests that the accreted envelope on V1974 Cyg was close to solar composition and that the precursor ONeMg white dwarf had a mass of approximately equals 1 solar mass.

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