A bright nova in outburst

Details A bright nova in outburst A bright nova in outburst

Oct 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008xmm..prop..122o&link_type=abstract

XMM-Newton Proposal ID #06045902

Computer Science

White Dwarf Binaries, Neutron Star Binaries, Cataclysmic Variables, Ulxs, Black Holes, New Bright Nova, New Bright Nova

Scientific paper

We propose a TOO program to observe a classical or recurrent nova in outburst, if it is observed to turn into a luminous X-ray source with Swift. Our aims are: a) to constrain the mass, temperature and chemical composition of the white dwarf by analyzing the spectrum, b) to correlate spectral and temporal variability during the nuclear burning phase, and c) if the shell is very X-ray bright, to use the RGS to explore wind mass loss in a recurrent nova. The proposed study is important not only for nova/CV theory, but also for understanding hydrogen burning in shell in supernova Ia progenitors.

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