Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jul 1995
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995mnras.275..195c&link_type=abstract
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 275, Issue 1, pp. 195-208.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Shock Waves, Stars: Abundances, Stars: Individual: Rs Oph, Stars: Mass-Loss, Novae, Cataclysmic Variables
Scientific paper
We have applied a shock model to the nebula ejected in 1985 by the recurrent nova RS Oph. The model, based on the SUMA code, matches the relative line intensities observed at day 201 after outburst and yields element abundances relative to hydrogen, density and temperature profiles throughout the shocked region, and integrated fluxes in all ranges of the spectrum. We have investigated the effect of dust and the contribution of a hot star as an additional photoionization source. We find that the entire spectrum is well explained by shocks, even neglecting any other photoionizing source. In particular, the residual X-ray emission detected more than 200d after outburst can be the result of shocks. The estimated distance of the shock front from the central star is of the order of 5x10^15 cm. The high helium abundance, as well as the very low oxygen abundance resulting from this model, is shown to agree with the thermonuclear runaway scenario for recurrent novae, which involves accretion on to a very massive white dwarf.
Contini Marcella
Orio Marina
Prialnik Dina
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