The Post-Nova Population
Abstract
We present our on-going project to unveil the post-nova population by re-discovering old novae that have been lost after the initial outburst and in which the binary itself is unobserved. We take UBVR photometry for candidate selection, long-slit spectroscopy to confirm these candidates, and time-resolved spectroscopy to measure the orbital period of the newly confirmed post-novae. Some preliminary results are shown as examples.
- Publication:
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Binary Paths to Type Ia Supernovae Explosions
- Pub Date:
- January 2013
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2013IAUS..281..128S
- Keywords:
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- stars: binaries;
- novae;
- cataclysmic variables