Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-03-31
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
9 pages including 4 figures, to appear in the Astrophysical Journal, Part 1
Scientific paper
10.1086/309338
A theoretical light curve for the 1987 outburst of V394 Coronae Austrinae (V394 CrA) is modeled to obtain various physical parameters of this recurrent nova. We then apply the same set of parametersto a quiescent phase and confirm that these parameters give a unified picture of the binary. The early visual light curve (1-10 days after the optical maximum) is well reproduced by a thermonuclear runaway model on a very massive WD close to the Chandrasekhar limit (1.37 +- 0.01 M_sun). The ensuing plateau phase (10-30 days) is also reproduced by the combination of a slightly irradiated MS and a fully irradiated flaring-up disk with a radius ~1.4 times the Roche lobe size. The best fit parameters are the WD mass 1.37 M_sun, the companion mass 1.5 M_sun (0.8-2.0 M_sun is acceptable), the inclination angle of the orbit i~65-68 degree, and the flaring-up rim ~0.30 times the disk radius. The envelope mass at the optical peak is estimated to be ~6 x 10^{-6} M_sun, which indicates an average mass accretion rate of 1.5 x 10^{-7} M_sun yr^{-1} during the quiescent phase between the 1949 and 1987 outbursts. In the quiescent phase, the observed light curve can be reproduced with a disk size of 0.7 times the Roche lobe size and a rather slim thickness of 0.05 times the accretion disk size at the rim. About 0.5 mag sinusoidal variation of the light curve requires the mass accretion rate higher than ~1.0 x 10^{-7} M_sun yr^{-1}, which is consistent with the above estimation from the 1987 outburst. These newly obtained quantities are exactly the same as those predicted in a new progenitor model of Type Ia supernovae.
Hachisu Izumi
Kato Mariko
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