Evans, A, Pavlenko, YV, Banerjee, DPK, Munari, U, Gehrz, RD, Woodward, CE, Starrfield, S, Helton, LA, Shahbandeh, M, Davis, S, Dallaporta, S and Cherini, G (2019) Gas phase SiO in the circumstellar environment of the recurrent nova T Coronae Borealis. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 486 (3). pp. 3498-3505. ISSN 1365-2966

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Abstract

We report the discovery of the diatomic molecule SiO in the gas phase in the environment of the recurrent nova T Coronae Borealis. While some of the SiO is photospheric, a substantial portion must arise in the wind from the red giant component of T CrB. A simple fit to the SiO feature, assuming local thermodynamic equilibrium, suggests a SiO column density of 2.8x10^17 /cm2 and temperature ~1000K; the SiO column density is similar to that present in the winds of field red giants. A search for SiO maser emission is encouraged both before and after the next anticipated eruption. We find that the 12C/13C ratio in the red giant is <9, with a best fit value of ~5, a factor ~18 times lower than the solar value of 89. We find no convincing evidence for the presence of dust in the environment of T CrB, which we attribute to the destructive effects on nucleation sites of hard X-ray emission. When the next eruption of T CrB occurs, the ejected material will shock the wind, producing X-ray and coronal line emission, as is the case for the recurrent nova RS Oph. T CrB is also a good candidate for very high energy gamma-ray emission, as first observed during the 2010 outburst of V407 Cyg. We include in the paper a wide variety of infrared spectroscopic and photometric data.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: This is the accepted author manuscript (AAM). The final published version (version of record) is available online via Oxford University Press at https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz1071 - please refer to any applicable terms of use of the publisher.
Uncontrolled Keywords: stars, AGB and post-AGB, circumstellar matter, T CrB, novae, cataclysmic variables, infrared
Subjects: Q Science > QB Astronomy > QB460 Astrophysics
Q Science > QB Astronomy > QB799 Stars
Divisions: Faculty of Natural Sciences > School of Chemical and Physical Sciences
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Depositing User: Symplectic
Date Deposited: 29 Apr 2019 08:47
Last Modified: 29 Jul 2019 08:58
URI: https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/6225

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