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Theoretically Inferred Masses of the White Dwarf Components of Common Nova Systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

James W. Truran
James W. Truran*
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Questions concerning the origin and evolution of cataclysmic variables continue to be the subject of considerable inquiry and debate. Significant boundary conditions upon theoretical models may be imposed by our increasing knowledge of the characteristics of specific systems. It is the purpose of this contribution to argue that, within the framework of the thermonuclear runaway model, the classical novae are most reasonably interpreted as systems characterized by relatively massive white dwarf components.

Type
Colloquium Session VII
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 53: White Dwarfs and Variable Degenerate Stars , August 1979 , pp. 469 - 473
Copyright
Copyright © The University of Rochester 1979

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