Quiet after the storm: quiescent novae

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Oct 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009xmm..prop..127o&link_type=abstract

XMM-Newton Proposal ID #06535503

Physics

White Dwarf Binaries, Neutron Star Binaries, Cataclysmic Variables, Ulxs, Black Holes, V4633 Sgr

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We propose to observe five quiescent, accreting novae, 152 to 2 years after the outburst. We will explore the role of the mass transfer rate, white dwarf mass and magnetic fields in shaping the evolution and the characteristics of the thermonuclear flashes, in targets that were well monitored in outburst. The theory of explosive hydrogen burning in a shell on massive white dwarfs is the basis for understanding novae and type Ia supernovae, but many observational parameters are unknown. These observations will provide the key for better understanding nova evolution. They will also be a legacy of XMM-Newton, and groundwork for programs of future X-ray observatories.

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