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Title:
The white dwarf mass distribution in classical nova systems
Authors:
Ritter, Hans; Politano, Michael; Livio, Mario; Webbink, Ronald F.
Affiliation:
AA(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik und Astrophysik, Garching bei München, Germany), AB(Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ), AC(Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa), AD(Illinois, University, Urbana)
Publication:
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 376, July 20, 1991, p. 177-185. Research supported by Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. (ApJ Homepage)
Publication Date:
07/1991
Category:
Astrophysics
Origin:
STI
NASA/STI Keywords:
ABUNDANCE, DWARF NOVAE, MASS DISTRIBUTION, STELLAR MASS, WHITE DWARF STARS, SPACE DENSITY, STATISTICAL ANALYSIS, STELLAR LUMINOSITY, STELLAR MODELS
DOI:
10.1086/170265
Bibliographic Code:
1991ApJ...376..177R

Abstract

A detailed model of white dwarf mass distribution in newly formed cataclysmic binaries produced by close binary evolution is presently used to derive the distributions for such systems' subsequent nova outbursts, in view of selection effects due to the dependences of envelope ignition mass, companion mass, and outburst luminosity on the masses of white dwarfs in nova systems. As much as 25-27 percent of observed nova outbursts should occur on O-Ne-Mg white dwarfs, with the rest occurring almost entirely on C-O white dwarfs. Some evidence of a bimodal character is noted in the empirical mass distribution for white dwarfs, as anticipated by the models.

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