Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2012-01-26
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Submitted to the proceedings of the First Asiago Meeting on Symbiotic Stars, July 10-11 2011, Asiago, Italy. 8 pages, 5 figure
Scientific paper
We present a summary of Swift and Suzaku X-ray observations of the 2010 nova outburst of the symbiotic star, V407 Cyg. The Suzaku spectrum obtained on day 30 indicates the presence of the supersoft component from the white dwarf surface, as well as optically thin component from the shock between the nova ejecta and the Mira wind. The Swift observations then allow us to track the evolution of both components from day 4 to day 150. Most notable is the sudden brightening of the optically thin component around day 20. We identify this as the time when the blast wave reached the immediate vicinity of the photosphere of the Mira. We have developed a simple model of the blast wave-wind interaction that can reproduce the gross features of the X-ray evolution of V407 Cyg, and explore a parameter space of ejected mass, binary separation and Mira mass loss rate. If the model is correct, the binary separation is likely to be larger then previously suggested and the mass loss rate of the Mira is likely to be relatively low.
Chomiuk Laura
Donato Davide
Mukai Koji
Nelson Thomas
Sokoloski Jennifer
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