Non-LTE model atmosphere analysis of the early ultraviolet spectra of nova OS Andromedae 1986

Details Non-LTE model atmosphere analysis of the early ultraviolet spectra of nova OS Andromedae 1986 Non-LTE model atmosphere analysis of the early ultraviolet spectra of nova OS Andromedae 1986

1996-08-29

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9608199v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

10 pages, latex, MNRASTEX, figures not included, full text plus figures available at http://brian.la.asu.edu or at ftp://bri

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We have analyzed the early optically thick ultraviolet spectra of Nova OS And 1986 using a grid of spherically symmetric, non-LTE, line-blanketed, expanding model atmospheres and synthetic spectra with the following set of parameters: $5,000\le$ T$_{model}$ $\le 60,000$K, solar abundances, $\rho \propto r^{-3}$, $\v_{max} = 2000\kms$, $L=6 \times 10^{4}\Lsun$, and a statistical or microturbulent velocity of 50 $\kms$. We used the synthetic spectra to estimate the model parameters corresponding to the observed {\it IUE} spectra. The fits to the observations were then iteratively improved by changing the parameters of the model atmospheres, in particular T$_{model}$ and the abundances, to arrive at the best fits to the optically thick pseudo-continuum and the features found in the {\it IUE} spectra. The {\it IUE} spectra show two different optically thick subphases. The earliest spectra, taken a few days after maximum optical light, show a pseudo-continuum created by overlapping absorption lines. The later observations, taken approximately 3 weeks after maximum light, show the simultaneous presence of allowed, semi-forbidden, and forbidden lines in the observed spectra. Analysis of these phases indicate that OS And 86 had solar metallicities except for Mg which showed evidence of being underabundant by as much as a factor of 10. We determine a distance of 5.1 kpc to OS And 86 and derive a peak bolometric luminosity of $\sim$ 5 $\times$ 10$^4$ L$_{\odot}$. The computed nova parameters provide insights into the physics of the early outburst and explain the spectra seen by {\it IUE}. Lastly, we find evidence in the later observations for large non-LTE effects of Fe{\sc ii} which, when included, lead to much better agreement with the observations.

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