Nova outbursts in the case of mild hibernation

Journal Article · Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1988 · Astrophys. J.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1086/166002· OSTI ID:7129280

Livio, M; Shankar, A; Truran, J W

The necessary conditions for the production of strong thermonuclear runaways in the hibernation scenario are identified and explored. It is found that a reduction in the accretion rate by a factor of about 100, for a period longer than a few thousand years, is generally sufficient to ensure nova-type outbursts, even in the presence of rather high preoutburst accretion rates. Nova outbursts can be obtained under mild hibernation conditions on 1 solar mass white dwarfs as well as on very massive ones. A reduction in the accretion rate by a factor of 10 only is insufficient to produce a nova outburst, if the preoutburst accretion rate is as high as 10 to the -8th solar mass/yr. 28 references.

• Research Organization: Illinois Univ., Urbana (USA); Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astrophysik, Garching (Germany, F.R.)
• OSTI ID: 7129280
• Journal Information: Astrophys. J.; (United States), Vol. 325
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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