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The Contribution of Chemical Abundances in Nova Ejecta to the Interstellar Medium

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2016-06-08 v1

Abstract

According to the nova model from \citet{Yaron2005} and \citet{Jose1998} and using Monte Carlo simulation method, we investigate the contribution of chemical abundances in nova ejecta to the interstellar medium (ISM) of the Galaxy. We find that the ejected mass by classical novae (CNe) is about 2.7×1032.7\times10^{-3} M yr1 \rm M_\odot\ {\rm yr^{-1}}. In the nova ejecta, the isotopic ratios of C, N and O, that is, 13^{13}C/12^{12}C, 15^{15}N/14^{14}N and 17^{17}O/16^{16}O, are higher about one order of magnitude than those in red giants. We estimate that about 10%\%, 5%\% and 20%\% of 13^{13}C, 15^{15}N and 17^{17}O in the ISM of the Galaxy come from nova ejecta, respectively. However, the chemical abundances of C, N and O calculated by our model can not cover all of observational values. This means that there is still a long way to go for understanding novae.

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@article{arxiv.1605.09468,
  title  = {The Contribution of Chemical Abundances in Nova Ejecta to the Interstellar Medium},
  author = {Fanger Li and Chunhua Zhu and Guoliang Lu and Zhaojun Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1605.09468},
  year   = {2016}
}

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15 pages, 5 fiures, 4 tables, Accepted for publication in PASJ