The soft X-ray turnoff of Nova MUSCAE 1983

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Jan 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995apj...438l..95s&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 438, no. 2, p. L95-L98

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Cataclysmic Variables, Computational Astrophysics, Hydrogen, Novae, Spectrum Analysis, Stellar Envelopes, X Ray Astronomy, X Ray Sources, X Ray Spectra, Computer Programs, Computerized Simulation, Luminosity, Mathematical Models, Monte Carlo Method, Photometry, Rosat Mission, Stellar Models

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Nova GQ Muscae 1983 was detected by ROSAT as a luminous 'supersoft' X-ray source in 1992, nearly a decade after outburst. Further, this is the only classical postnova known to have maintained constant luminosity on a timescale predicted by theoretical models. Follow-up observations were made with the ROSAT position-sensitive proportional counter in 1993 January and September, and complemented with B-band photometry taken in 1993 January. By 1993 January, the X-ray count rate had declined by a factor of 17, while there was neither an appreciable decrease in the optical magnitude nor a change in the amplitude of modulation. In 1993 September the soft X-ray flux was below the ROSAT threshold limit, implying a decrease of a factor greater than or equal to 30 in the count rate. This decline can be interpreted by the turnoff of nuclear processes due to the complete consumption of the residual hydrogen-rich envelope. However, the optical luminosity of the system is not simply coupled to the X-ray luminosity (e.g., through reprocessing).

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