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Geballe, TR, Banerjee, DPK, Evans, A, Gehrz, RD, Woodward, CE, Mroz, P, Udalski, A, Munari, U, Starrfield, S, Page, KL, Sokolovsky, K, Hambsch, F-J, Myers, G, Aydi, E, Buckley, DAH, Walter, F and Wagner, RM (2019) Infrared spectroscopy of the recent outburst in V1047 Cen (Nova Centauri 2005). Astrophysical Journal Letters, 886 (1). ISSN 2041-8213
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Abstract
Fourteen years after its eruption as a classical nova (CN), V1047 Cen (Nova Cen 2005) began an unusual re-brightening in 2019 April. The amplitude of the brightening suggests that this is a dwarf nova (DN) eruption in a CN system. Very few CNe have had DN eruptions within decades of the main CN outburst. The 14 years separating the CN and DN eruptions of V1047 Cen is the shortest of all instances recorded thus far. Explaining this rapid succession of CN and DN outbursts in V1047 Cen may be challenging within the framework of standard theories for DN outbursts. Following a CN eruption, the mass accretion rate is believed to remain high $(\dot{M}\sim10^{-8}$M$_\odot$yr$^{-1})$ for a few centuries, due to the irradiation of the secondary star by the still-hot surface of the white dwarf. Thus a DN eruption is not expected to occur during this high mass accretion phase as DN outbursts, which result from thermal instabilities in the accretion disk, and arise during a regime of low mass accretion rate $(\dot{M}\sim10^{-10}$M$_\odot$yr$^{-1})$. Here we present near-infrared spectroscopy to show that the present outburst is most likely a DN eruption, and discuss the possible reasons for its early occurrence. Even if the present re-brightening is later shown to be due to a cause other than a DN outburst, the present study provides invaluable documentation of this unusual event.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | This is the final published version of the article (version of record). It first appeared online via IOP Science at https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ab5310 - please refer to any applicable terms of use of the publisher. |
Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy |
Divisions: | Faculty of Natural Sciences > School of Chemical and Physical Sciences |
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Depositing User: | Symplectic |
Date Deposited: | 18 Dec 2019 14:26 |
Last Modified: | 03 Mar 2021 10:08 |
URI: | https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/7426 |