• 123-321 models of classical novae 

      José Pont, Jordi; Shore, Steven N.; Casanova Bustamante, Jordi (EDP Sciences, 2020-01-28)
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      Realitzat a/amb:   Università di Pisa
      Context. High-resolution spectroscopy has revealed large concentrations of CNO and sometimes other intermediate-mass elements (e.g., Ne, Na, Mg, or Al, for ONe novae) in the shells ejected during nova outbursts, suggesting ...
    • Breaking the habit: the peculiar 2016 eruption of the unique recurrent nova M31N 2008-12a 

      Henze, Martin; Darnley, Matt J.; Williams, Steven Charles; Sala Cladellas, Glòria; José Pont, Jordi (2018-04-10)
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    • Multi-dimensional simulations of mixing in classical novae 

      Casanova Bustamante, Jordi (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2011-11-03)
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      Classical nova explosions are stellar explosions that take place in close binary systems with an energy release only exceeded by gamma-ray bursts and supernova explosions. Matter from the white dwarf flows through the inner ...
    • Nova LMC 2009a as observed with XMM–Newton, compared with other novae 

      Oriol Ibarz, Marina; Dobrotka, Andrej; Ospina, Nathalie; Ippei, Shake; Sala Cladellas, Glòria (Oxford University Press, 2021-05-21)
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      <jats:title>ABSTRACT</jats:title> <jats:p>We examine four high-resolution reflection grating spectrometers (RGS) spectra of the February 2009 outburst of the luminous recurrent nova LMC 2009a. They were ...
    • Population-based identification of H a-excess sources in the Gaia DR2 and IPHAS catalogues 

      Fratta, Matteo; Scaringi, Simone; Knigge, Christian; Maccarone, Thomas; Monguió Montells, Maria; Gaensicke, Boris; Ghandi, ¿Poshak; Court, James M. C.; Drew, Janet E.; Ilkiewicz, K.A.; Pala, A. F. (Oxford University Press, 2021-07-01)
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      We present a catalogue of point-like H a-excess sources in the Northern Galactic Plane. Our catalogue is created using a new technique that leverages astrometric and photomeric information from Gaia to select H a-bright ...
    • The Compact binary HIgh CAdence Survey (CHiCaS): An overview 

      Pala, A. F.; Ederoclite, A; Gänsicke, Boris T.; Abril, J; Raddi, Roberto; Vázquez Ramió, H; Rebassa Mansergas, Alberto (2020-09-01)
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      Realitzat a/amb:   European Southern Observatory / University of Warwick / Universidade de São Paulo / European Southern Observatory Chile / Centro de Estudios de Física del Cosmos de Aragón
      Cataclysmic Variables (CVs) are binaries in which a white dwarf accretes from a low-mass companion star. CVs are the best-suited laboratories to test our understanding of the evolution of compact, interacting binaries as ...
    • The orbital period of the recurrent nova V2487 Oph revealed 

      Rodríguez Gil, Pablo; Corral Santana, Jesus M.; Elias Rosa, Nancy; Gänsicke, Boris T.; Hernanz, Margarita; Sala Cladellas, Glòria (Oxford University Press, 2023-10-12)
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      We present the first reliable determination of the orbital period of the recurrent nova V2487 Oph (Nova Oph 1998). We derived a value of 0.753 ± 0.016 d (18.1 ± 0.4 h) from the radial velocity curve of the intense He¿II ...
    • Towards a volumetric census of close white dwarf binaries - I. Reference samples 

      Inight, Keith; Gänsicke, Boris T.; Breedt, E.; Marsh, Thomas R.; Pala, A. F.; Raddi, Roberto (Oxford University Press, 2021-03-16)
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      Close white dwarf binaries play an important role across a range of astrophysics, including thermonuclear supernovae, the Galactic low-frequency gravitational wave signal, and the chemical evolution of the Galaxy. Progress ...