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The cataclysmic variable V893 Sco is an eclipsing dwarf nova which, apart from outbursts with comparatively low amplitudes, exhibits a particularly strong variability during quiescence on timescales of days to seconds.The present study aims…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-02 Albert Bruch

We derive the mass of the white dwarf in the eclipsing recurrent nova U Sco from the radial velocity semi-amplitudes of the primary and secondary stars. Our results give a high white dwarf mass of M_1 = 1.55 \pm 0.24M_\odot, consistent with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. D. Thoroughgood , V. S. Dhillon , S. P. Littlefair , T. R. Marsh , D. A. Smith

We present spectroscopic and photometric results of Nova V1280 Sco which was discovered in outburst in early 2007 February. The large number of spectra obtained of the object leads to one of the most extensive, near-infrared spectral…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Ramkrishna Das , Dipankar Banerjee , Nagarhalli Ashok , Olivier Chesneau

There remains debate over whether the accretion disk survives or is entirely disrupted after the nova eruption. In our previous paper, Muraoka et al. (2024, PASJ, 76, 293) have photometrically demonstrated that the surviving accretion disk…

Recurrent nova U Scorpii (U Sco) is one of the prototypes for a Type Ia supernova progenitor. The logic is that the white dwarf is near the Chandrasekhar mass and gas is accumulating onto its surface at a near-maximal accretion rate, so it…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-03 Bradley E. Schaefer , Gordon Myers

Nova Scorpii 2023 was first detected as a luminous supersoft X-ray source (SSS) 93 days after outburst and continued emitting soft X-rays for over two months, until it was too close to the Sun to observe. The nova was monitored with the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-23 John Worley , Marina Orio , Andrej Dobrotka , Jozef Magdolen , Kim Page , Ehud Behar , Jeremy Drake , Sharon Mitrani

The orbital period of the recurrent nova U Sco has been observed to decrease during the 1999 outburst. In an outburst mass is ejected from the surface of the white dwarf. The separation of the binary system widens and the orbital period…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-03-23 Rebecca G. Martin , Mario Livio , Bradley E. Schaefer

We have analysed a series of Suzaku data and one dataset of XMM-Newton of the SU UMa type dwarf nova VW Hyi in optical quiescence. The observed spectra in the 0.2-10 keV band are moderately well represented by multi-temperature thermal…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-07-31 Nozomi Nakaniwa , Takayuki Hayashi , Mai Takeo , Manabu Ishida

The spectroscopic and photometric evolution of the 1999 outburst of the eclipsing and recurrent nova U Sco is presented. The photometric evolution closely matches that of the previous events. The FWZI=10,000 km/sec for emission lines at…

We present the results of our photometric and spectroscopic observations of Nova Sco 2007 N.1 (V1280 Sco). The photometric data was represented by a single data point in the light curve since the observation was carried out only for one…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Hanindyo Kuncarayakti , Desima Kristyowati , Chatief Kunjaya

We present optical and NIR spectroscopic observations of U Sco 2010 outburst. From the analysis of lines profiles we identify a broad and a narrow component and show that the latter originates from the reforming accretion disk. We show that…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Elena Mason , Alessandro Ederoclite , Robert E. Williams , Massimo Della Valle , Johny Setiawan

KT Eri is a classical nova which went into outburst in 2009. Recent photometric analysis in quiescence indicates a relatively longer orbital period of 2.6 days, so that KT Eri could host a very bright accretion disk during the outburst like…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-03 Izumi Hachisu , Mariko Kato , Frederick M. Walter

We report on extensive V, R, and i band photometry of the black-hole candidate Nova Sco 1994 (GRO J1655-40) obtained during March 1996, when the source was close to its quiescent pre-outburst optical brightness (V=17.3). From our…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Frank van der Hooft , Martin Heemskerk , Frank Alberts , Jan van Paradijs

BeppoSAX detected luminous 0.2-2.0 keV supersoft X-ray emission from the recurrent nova U Sco ~19-20 days after the peak of the optical outburst in February 1999. U Sco is the first recurrent nova to be observed during a luminous supersoft…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 P. Kahabka , H. W. Hartmann , A. N. Parmar , I. Negueruela

We have carried out a synthetic spectral analysis of archival IUE spectra of the old nova V841 Oph (Nova Oph 1848) taken 15 years apart. The spectra reveal a rising continuum shortward of 1560\AA, a C {\sc iv} P-Cygni profile indicative of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Scott G. Engle , Edward M. Sion

We present a 904-1183 A spectrum of the dwarf nova VW Hydri taken with the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer during quiescence, eleven days after a normal outburst, when the underlying white dwarf accreter is clearly exposed in the far…

We examine the AAVSO light curve of U Geminorum from 1908 to 2002, with particular focus on the October 1985 outburst. This outburst was longer than any other seen in U Gem by about a factor of 2, and appears to be unique among all dwarf…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 John K. Cannizzo , Neil Gehrels , Janet A. Mattei

This paper presents a comprehensive spectroscopic analysis of the quiescent stage of the recurrent nova RS Ophiuchi between its 2006 and 2021 outbursts. The spectra shows prominent low-ionization emission features, including hydrogen,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-22 Gesesew R. Habtie , Ramkrishna Das

RS Ophiuchi is a recurrent nova system that experiences outbursts every ~20 years, implying accretion at a high rate onto a massive white dwarf. However, previous X-ray observations of the system in quiescence have detected only faint…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 Thomas Nelson , Koji Mukai , Marina Orio , Juan Luna , Jeno Sokoloski