Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-12-23
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
4 pages, 2 figures, 2 tables, submitted to A&A Letters; v2: accepted version
Scientific paper
Short supersoft X-ray source (SSS) states (durations < 100 days) of classical novae (CNe) indicate massive white dwarfs that are candidate progenitors of supernovae type Ia. We carry out a dedicated optical and X-ray monitoring program of CNe in the bulge of M 31. We discovered M31N 2007-11a and determined its optical and X-ray light curve. We used the robotic Super-LOTIS telescope to obtain the optical data and XMM-Newton and Chandra observations to discover an X-ray counterpart to that nova. Nova M31N 2007-11a is a very fast CN, exhibiting a very short SSS state with an appearance time of 6-16 days after outburst and a turn-off time of 45-58 days after outburst. The optical and X-ray light curves of M31N 2007-11a suggest a binary containing a white dwarf with a mass greater than one solar mass.
Burwitz Vadim
Della Valle Massimo
Freyberg Michael J.
Greiner Jochen
Haberl Franck
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