On the C/O Enrichment of Novae Ejecta

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2001-10-31

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0110684v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

8 pages, 0 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ Lett

Scientific paper

10.1086/338327

Using the results of recent work in shear instabilities in stratified fluids, we show that the resonant interaction between large-scale flows in the accreted H/He envelope of white dwarf stars and interfacial gravity waves can mix with the star's envelope with the white dwarf's surface material, leading to the enhancement of the envelope's C/O abundance to levels required by extant models for nova outbursts.

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