No Neon, but Jets in the Remarkable Recurrent Nova M31N 2008-12a?—Hubble Space Telescope Spectroscopy of the 2015 Eruption

The 2008 discovery of an eruption of M31N 2008-12a began a journey on which the true nature of this remarkable recurrent nova continues to be revealed. M31N 2008-12a contains a white dwarf (WD) close to the Chandrasekhar limit, accreting at a high rate from its companion, and undergoes thermonuclear...

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Main Author: Darnley, M. J. (author)
Other Authors: Hounsell, R. (author), Godon, P. (author), Perley, D. A. (author), Henze, M. (author), Kuin, N. P. M. (author), Williams, B. F. (author), Williams, S. C. (author), Bode, M. F. (author), Harman, D. J. (author), Hornoch, K. (author), Link, M. (author), Ness, J.-U. (author), Ribeiro, V. A. R. M. (author), Sion, E. M. (author), Shafter, A. W. (author), Shara, M. M. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2017
Subjects:
galaxies: individual: M31
novae, cataclysmic variables
stars: individual: M31N 2008-12a
ultraviolet: stars
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10773/18670
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/18670

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