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Title:
The mass of the white dwarf in the old nova BT MON
Authors:
Smith, D. A.; Dhillon, V. S.; Marsh, T. R.
Affiliation:
AA(Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA), AB(Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7RH), AC(University of Southampton, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ)
Publication:
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 296, Issue 3, pp. 465-482. (MNRAS Homepage)
Publication Date:
05/1998
Origin:
MNRAS
MNRAS Keywords:
ACCRETION, ACCRETION DISCS, BINARIES: ECLIPSING, BINARIES: SPECTROSCOPIC, STARS: INDIVIDUAL: BT MON, NOVAE, CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES
DOI:
10.1046/j.1365-8711.1998.00743.x
Bibliographic Code:
1998MNRAS.296..465S

Abstract

We present spectrophotometry of the eclipsing old nova BT Mon (Nova Mon 1939). By detecting weak absorption features from the secondary star, we find its radial velocity semi-amplitude to be K_R=205+/-5kms^-1 and its rotational velocity to be vsini=138+/-5kms^-1. We also measure the radial velocity semi-amplitude of the primary star to be K_R=170+/-10kms^-1. From these parameters we obtain a mass of 1.04+/-0.06Msolar for the white dwarf primary star and a mass of 0.87/0.06Msolar for the G8V secondary star. The inclination of the system is found to be 82^ deg_.2+/-32^ deg_.2 and we estimate that the system lies at a distance of 1700+/-300pc. The high mass of the white dwarf and our finding that BT Mon was probably a fast nova together constitute a new piece of evidence in favour of the thermonuclear runaway model of classical nova outbursts. The emission lines are single-peaked throughout the orbital cycle, showing absorption around phase 0.5, high-velocity S-wave components and large phase offsets in their radial velocity curves. In each of these respects, BT Mon is similar to the SW Sex stars. We also find quasi-periodic flaring in the trailed spectra, which makes BT Mon a candidate intermediate polar.

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