Physics
Scientific paper
Jan 1995
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Thesis (PH.D.)--ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, 1995.Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 56-11, Section: B, page: 61
Physics
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Scientific paper
Optical spectrophotometry were obtained of V1974 Cygni (Nova Cygni 1992), the brightest nova since 1975, from day 4 to 540 after visual maximum, which were combined with ultraviolet spectrophotometry to study the ejecta. High quality ultraviolet and optical spectra are shown at each major evolutionary phase, with line identifications for the nebular phase. Shown are the temporal development of the emission line fluxes and widths. The optical spectral evolution of this nova, using the CTIO system, was P _{fe,n}Ane . V1974 Cygni is classified as a "neon nova" since [Ne III] lambda3869 and [Ne V]lambda3425 were the strongest emission lines during the nebular phase. The physical conditions and elemental abundances of the ejecta were determined during the optically thin phase. Because the densities were high and the shell was not spatially resolved, a completely new method was developed which involves the combination of photoionization models and a multiparameter Monte Carlo fitting of the relative emission line fluxes. The line spectra from days 300, 400, and 500 were modeled, and the inhomogeneity of the ejected material was simulated by considering large variations in the filling and covering factors, as well as letting the density vary as a function of radius. Enhancements above solar were found for He, N, O, Ne, and Fe with abundances by (number relative to solar and with 90% confidence uncertainties) of N(He)/N H = 4.4 _sp{-3}{+9}, N(N)/N H = 282_sp {-192}{+117}, N(O)/N H = 110_sp {-67}{+43} N(Ne)/NH = 250_sp{ -159}{+150}, and N(Fe)/N H = 16_sp {-12}{+28}. The large neon abundance can only be explained by the ejection of core material from an ONeMg white dwarf. The resulting helium abundance places the ejected mass at about rm 5times10^{-5}M_odot . This ejected mass and X-ray studies were used to estimate that the mass of the white dwarf is about 1.3M _odot. Line profiles of Balmer, nebular, and coronal lines, obtained in high resolution during the nebular phase, exhibit nearly identical multicomponent, symmetric sawtooth shapes, indicating the same gas morphology over a wide range of ionization. Models of the morphology using radially-expanding optically-thin tori and polar caps are presented which fit the emission line profiles and spatially resolved images.
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