Novae and Related Stars: Proceedings of an International Conference Held by the Institut D’Astrophysique, Paris, France, 7 to 9 September 1976

226 Pages·1977·9.22 MB·English

by  Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (auth.), M. Friedjung (eds.)

NOV AE AND RELATED STARS
ASTROPHYSICS AND
SPACE SCIENCE LIBRARY
A SERIES OF BOOKS ON THE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
OF SPACE SCIENCE AND OF GENERAL GEOPHYSICS AND ASTROPHYSICS
PUBLISHED IN CONNECTION WITH THE JOURNAL
SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS
Editorial Board
J. E. B LAMONT, Laboratoire d'Aeronomie, Verrieres, France
R. L. F. BOYD, University College, London, England
L. Go L DB ERG, Kitt Peak National Observatory, Tucson, Ariz., U.S.A.
C. DE JAG E R, University of Utrecht, Holland
Z. K 0 PAL, University of Manchester, Manchester, England
G. H. L U DWI G, NOAA, National Environment Satellite Service, Suitland, Md., U.S.A.
R. L US T, President Max·Planck Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften, Miinchen, F.R. G.
B. M. MCCORMAC, Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif, U.S.A.
H. E. NEWELL,NASA, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
L. I. SEDOV,Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R., Moscow, U.S.S.R.
Z. SV EST KA, American Science and Engineering, Cambridge, Mass., U. S.A.
VOLUME 65
PROCEEDINGS
NOVAE AND
RELATED STARS
PROCEEDINGS OF AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
HELD BY THE INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE,
PARIS, FRANCE. 7 TO 9 SEPTEMBER 1976
Edited by
M. FRIEDJUNG
Institut d'Astrophysique. Paris, France
Sponsored by
THE CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
D. REIDEL PUBLISHING COMPANY
DORDRECHT-HOLLAND/BOSTON-U.S.A.
ISBN-13: 978-94-010-1219-5 e-ISBN-13: 978-94-010-1217-1
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
XI
List of Participants XIII
PART I: NOVAE, DWARF NOVAE AND SIMILAR OBJECTS
AT MINIMUM LIGHT
Introductory Reviews
C. Payne-Gaposchkin
PAST AND FUTURE NOVAE 3
B. Warner
OBSERVATIONS OF NOVAE AND RELATED OBJECTS AT MINIMUM
LIGHT 33
D.N.C. Lin*and J.E. Pringle
MASS TRANSFER AND ACCRETION DISC FLOW IN CLOSE
BINARY SYSTEMS 35
G.T. Bath
TRANSFER INSTABILITIES AND ACCRETION DISC STRUCTURE
IN DWARF NOVAE 41
Short Contributions
M. Livio*and G. Shaviv
ON THE STABILITY OF ACCRETION DISKS 51
G.S. Mumford
RECENT PHOTOMETRIC OBSERVATIONS OF NOVA-LIKE VARIABLES 52
P.J. Edwards~ R.B. Hurst, and M. Thomas
CROSS CORRELATION DETECTION OF RAPID STELLAR VARIABILITY
USING TWO TELESCOPES 53
;--speaker who presented the paper.
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A.P. CQWley~ D. Crampton and J.E. Hesser
THE BINARY NATURE OF THE NOVA-LIKE VARIABLE
CD~2° 14462 54
A.P. Cowley*and D. Crampton
RELATION OF THE X-RAY SOURCES SCO X-I AND
CYG X-2 TO OLD NOVAE 55
J. Smak
MODEL OF U GEMINORUM 56
R. Tylenda
THE CONTINUOUS RADIATION EMITTED BY THE ACCRETION
DISKS IN CATACLYSMIC BINARIES. THE DWARF NOVA
SS CYG DURING OUTBURST AT THE OLD NOVAE V603AQL 57
PART II: OBSERVATIONS OF NOVAE AND RELATED OBJECTS
DURING OUTBURST
Introductory Reviews
M. Friedjung
MODELS OF THE NOVA OUTBURST 61
E.R. Mustel
THE EXPANSION OF NOVAE BEFORE LIGHT MAXIMUM AND THE
FORMATION OF THE PRINCIPAL ENVELOPE 75
Short Contributions
E. Szumiejko
THE VARIABLE RADIAL VELOCITY OF HE I 5876 IN THE
SPECTRUM OF NOVA DELPHINI 1967 IHR DELI 87
K. Nariai
MODEL OF NOVA ENVELOPES 91
K. Brecher
"BLOATED DWARF" MODEL OF NOVA LIGHT CURVES 92
W.C. Seitter
PHYSICAL PARAMETERS OF PRENOVAE AND OUTBURST
AMPLITUDES 93
E.M. Leibowitz
TIMING OF THE SHELL EJECTION IN NOVA OUTBURSTS 94
* Speaker who presented the paper.
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M. Friedjung
NOVA FH SERPENTIS AS A TEST OF OUTBURST MODEL 95
M. Sobotka, S. Stefl, and G. Grygar*
SPECTROSCOPY OF THE NOVA VULPECULAE 1968 NO.
(LV Vul) 96
T. Yamamoto and S. N,1 Shl'd a* *
GRAIN FORMATION IN NOVA ENVELOPES 97
PART III: (a) NEBULAR STAGE OF NOVAE
Introductory Reviews
R. Tylenda
PROBLEMS OF IONIZATION OF NOVA ENVELOPES IN THE
NEBULAR STAGE; THE MODELS FOR NOVA DELPHINI 1967 101
S. Collin-Souffrin
ABUNDANCES DETERMINATIONS IN THE NEBULAR STAGE
OF NOVAE 123
Short Contributions
P. Rafanelli*and L. Rosino
SPECTRAL EVOLUTION OF NOVA HR DEL DURING ITS
DECLINE TOWARDS MINIMUM 133
P.B. Bosma
THE LIGHT CURVE OF DQ HERCULIS 1934 135
Y. Andril1at and S. Col1in-Souffrin*
EVIDENCES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COLLISIONAL
SPECTRUM IN THE NEBULAR STAGE OF NOVAE 137
M.W. Feast
THE SLOW NOVA RR TEL AND THE SYMBIOTIC STARS 139
(b) TRANSIENT X-RAY SOURCES
Short Contributions
F. Ciatti~ A. Mammano, and A. Vittone
OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF X-RAY NOVAE 143
TSP"eaker who presented the paper.
** Read by K. NadaL
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C. Chevalier, E. Janot-Pacheco, H. Mauder,
and S.A. Ilovaisky
THE 8-DAY MODULATION IN V616 MON (A0620-00) 145
K. Pounds, M. Watson, C. Chevalier,
and S.A. Ilovaisky
THE X-RAY AND OPTICAL LIGHT CURVES OF A0620-00
(V616 MON) 147
S.A. Ilovaisky and C. Chevalier*
SPECTROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS OF V616 MON (A0620-00) 149
H.W. Duerbeck
A NOTE ON THE SPECTRUM OF V 616 MONOCEROTIS 150
E.R. Mustel, Chairman
Session Summary 151
PART IV: OBSERVATIONS OF NOVA CYGNI 1975
Introductory Review
Y. Andrillat
OBSERVATIONS DE NOVA CYGNI 1975 (V 1500 CYG) 155
Short Contributions
C.T. Hua and N.H. Doan
SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC STUDY OF THE CONTINUOUS SPECTRUM
OF NOVA CYGNI 1975 (V 1500 CYG) 177
J.B. Hutchings
NOVA CYGNI 1975 178
K. Kawara, T. Maihara, K. Noguchi~ N. Oda, H. Okuda,
S. Sato, M. Oishi, and T. Iijima*
MULTI-BAND PHOTOMETRY OF NOVA CYGNI 1975 179
1. Kupo* and E.M. Leibowitz
CLUES TO THE BINARY NATURE OF NOVA CYG 1975 180
L. Rosino
SPECTRAL EVOLUTION OF NOVA V 1500 CYG (1975) FROM
SEPTEMBER 1975 TO MAY 1976 181
~eaker who presented the paper.
** Read by K. NadaL
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W.C. Seitter
MODEL OF A NOVA OUTBURST ON THE BASIS OF
MEASUREMENTS ON VISOO CYGNI 182
W.C. Seitter
PRE-MAXIMUM SPECTRA OF V1500 CYGNI 183
c.c. Wu
ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOMETRY OF NOVA CYGNI 1975 184
S. Starrfield, W.M. Sparks~ J.W. Truran,
J.S. Gallagher, P.A. Strittmatter, and H.M. Van Horn
NOVA CYGNI 1975 AS A CLASSICAL THERMONUCLEAR
RUNAWAY EVENT 185
M. Friedjung, Chairman
Session Summary 186
PART V: THEORIES OF THE CAUSES OF OUTBURSTS
Introductory Reviews
W.M. Sparks~ S. Starrfield, J.W. Truran
A REVIEW OF THE THERMONUCLEAR RUNAWAY MODEL OF
A NOVA OUTBURST 189
J. Audouze*and B. Lazareff
NUCLEOSYNTHESIS INDUCED DURING NOVA OUTBURST 205
Short Contributions
G.T. Bath
OPTICALLY THICK WINDS IN CLASSICAL NOVAE AND
SYMBIOTIC STARS 217
..*
K. Nar1a1, K. Nomoto, an d D • Su g1. moto
THERMAL RUNAWAY NEAR THE SURFACE OF ACCRETING
WHITE DWARFS 218
W.M. Sparks~ S. Starrfield, and J. W. Truran
THE SLOW NOVA 219
D. Prialnik~ M.M. Shara, and G. Shaviv
THE EVOLUTION OF A NOVA MODEL WITH A Z=.03 ENVELOPE
FROM PRE-EXPLOSION TO EXTINCTION 220
* Speaker who presented the paper.
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M.M. Shara~ D. Prialnik, and G. Shaviv
HYDROGEN-RICH ENVELOPE MASS -- A VITAL NOVA
PARAMETER 221
G. Shaviv Chairman
t
Session Summary 223
PART VI: FUTURE WORK
J. Smak Chairman
t
Session Summary 227
~eaker who presented the paper.