Episodic absorption in the outflow of the old nova V603 Aquilae

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Oct 2000

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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 318, Issue 2, pp. 368-374.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Stars: Individual: V603 Aql, Stars: Mass-Loss, Novae, Cataclysmic Variables

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We report on the time-dependent behaviour of ultraviolet spectral lines in Hubble Space Telescope Goddard High-Resolution Spectrograph data of the classical nova V603 Aql. In particular, episodic blueshifted absorption (extending to ~-2500kms-1) is present, with a variability time-scale down to ~1min. The data provide a rare opportunity to study the rapid evolution of absorption structures that may be associated with accretion-disc winds in cataclysmic variables. At least three absorption events are recorded (at blueward velocities only) over ~5h, each lasting ~10-15min. The derived velocity, acceleration and optical depth properties provide an empirical picture of stochastically variable structures in the outflow, with no evidence for short-term (less than ~1h) cyclic or modulated behaviour in the overall absorption properties. In contrast, the emission components of the ultraviolet resonance lines are very stable in velocity and strength in this low-inclination system. On at least two occasions there is an intriguing short-term `flare' in the ultraviolet continuum flux (of up to ~40per cent). Though there is no clear one-to-one relation in these data between the continuum fluctuations and the occurrence of the absorption events, the time-scales for the two variable phenomena are essentially the same. The irregular absorption episodes in the ultraviolet data of V603 Aql presently defy a clear physical interpretation. Their overall characteristics are discussed in the context of instabilities in radiation-pressure-driven disc winds.

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