Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-10-14
Astrophys.J. 598 (2003) L107-L110
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
6 pages including 3 figures, to appear in ApJL
Scientific paper
10.1086/380597
The 2000 outburst of V445 Puppis shows unique properties, such as absence of hydrogen, enrichment of helium and carbon, slow development of the light curve with a small amplitude that does not resemble any classical novae. This object has been suggested to be the first example of helium novae. We calculate theoretical light curves of helium novae and reproduce the observational light curve of V445 Pup. Modeling indicates a very massive white dwarf (WD), more massive than 1.3 Msun. The companion star is possibly either a helium star or a helium-rich main-sequence star. We estimate the ignition mass as several times 10^{-5} Msun, the corresponding helium accretion rate as several times 10^{-7} Msun yr^{-1}, and the recurrence period as several tens of years. These values suggest that the WD is growing in mass and ends up either a Type Ia supernova or an accretion induced collapse to a neutron star.
Hachisu Izumi
Kato Mariko
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