Classical Novae as Super-Eddington Objects
Astrophysics
2009-11-07 v1
Abstract
Several of the inconsistencies plaguing the field of novae are resolved once we consider novae to be steady state super-Eddington objects. In particular, we show that the super-Eddington shell burning state is a natural consequence of the equations of stellar structure, and that the predicted mass loss in the super-Eddington state agrees with nova observations. We also find that the transition phase of novae can be naturally explained as "stagnating" winds.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0207639,
title = {Classical Novae as Super-Eddington Objects},
author = {Nir J. Shaviv},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0207639},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
6 pages, 7 figures, to appear in the proceedings of the International Conference on Classical Nova Explosions, Sitges, Spain, 20-24 May 2002