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Mar 1978
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978apj...220.1063s&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 220, Mar. 15, 1978, p. 1063-1075.
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Computerized Simulation, Novae, Nuclear Fusion, Stellar Envelopes, White Dwarf Stars, Abundance, Atmospheric Composition, Hydrogen, Magnetohydrodynamic Stability, Radiation Pressure, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Luminosity, Stellar Mass Ejection, Stellar Models
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The paper reports use of a Lagrangian implicit hydrodynamics computer code incorporating a full nuclear-reaction network to follow a thermonuclear runaway in the hydrogen-rich envelope of a 1.25 solar-mass white dwarf. In this evolutionary sequence the envelope was assumed to be of normal (solar) composition and the resulting outburst closely resembles that of the slow nova HR Del. In contrast, previous CNO-enhanced models resemble fast nova outbursts. The slow-nova model ejects material by radiation pressure when the high luminosity of the rekindled hydrogen shell source exceeds the local Eddington luminosity of the outer layers. This is in contrast to the fast nova outburst where ejection is caused by the decay of the beta(+)-unstable nuclei. Nevertheless, radiation pressure probably plays a major role in ejecting material from the fast nova remnants. Therefore, the sequence from slow to fast novae can be interpreted as a sequence of white dwarfs with increasing amounts of enhanced CNO nuclei in their hydrogen envelopes, although other parameters such as the white-dwarf mass and accretion rate probably contribute to the observed variation between novae.
Sparks Warren M.
Starrfield Summer
Truran Jame. W.
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