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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Symbiotic novae are composite spectrum stars whose light history is characterized by one single major outburst. At high resolution their optical and UV spectra are very rich of emission lines belonging to a wide ionization range. Generally one can identify both narrow and broad line systems. The latter includes emission lines with multiple structure, broad emission wings, WR features, and P Cygnl lines. Frequently the broad line profiles are largely variable with time. They should be associated with the major stellar outburst. An overview of the problem with extensive references can be found in Viotti (1989).
On leave of absence from Instituto Astronomico e Geofisico da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brasil.
Based on spectra collected at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria, Canada, and at the Laboratorio Nacional de Astrofisica, Minas Gerais, Brasil.