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Theoretical Implications of Nova Abundances

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

James W. Truran
James W. Truran*
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 1, D-8046 Garching bei München, FRG and Department of Astronomy, University of Illinois,Urbana, IL 61801, USA

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Abundance determinations for the ejected shells of classical novae are reviewed. Substantial enrichments (relative to hydrogen) of helium, the CNO elements, and elements in the range from neon to aluminum are found to be characteristic of nova ejecta. The source of these enrichments is believed to be the dredge-up of underlying white dwarf core matter, thus reflecting the white dwarf composition and confirming the presence of oxygen-neon-magnesium (ONeMg) as well as carbon-oxygen (CO) degenerate dwarfs in cataclysmic variable systems. The implications of these abundance enrichments, for the behavior of nova systems in outburst and for nucleosynthesis, are examined.

Type
3. Theory
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 122: Physics of Classical Novae , 1990 , pp. 373 - 385
Copyright
Copyright © Springer-Verlag 1990

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