Chandra X-ray grating spectra of V959 Mon
Abstract
V959 Mon (Nova Mon 2012) was discovered in X-rays and gamma rays in the Summer of 2012, before it could be observed optically. It was observed twice with the Chandra gratings, by us in December of 2012 with the Low Energy Transmission Grating (LETG) and previously, in September of 2012, by another team with the Chandra High Energy Transmission Gratings. Although it seems very likely that only a small fraction of the ejecta emitted X-rays in small, dense clumps, the X-ray emission of the ejecta are very important for what the teach us about the kinematics, the chemical composition and nucleosynthesis of the nova. By December, the central source had shrunk almost to pre-outburst size and was visible in X-rays, revealing a massive, hot oxygen-neon white dwarf.
- Publication:
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41st COSPAR Scientific Assembly
- Pub Date:
- July 2016
- Bibcode:
- 2016cosp...41E1480O