Sahman, D.I. orcid.org/0000-0002-0403-1547 and Dhillon, V.S. (2022) Searching for nova shells around cataclysmic variables -- II. A second campaign. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 510 (3). pp. 4180-4190. ISSN 0035-8711
Abstract
We report on our second campaign to search for old nova shells around cataclysmic variables (CVs). Our aim was to test the theory that nova eruptions cause cycles in the mass transfer rates of CVs. These mass transfer cycles change the behaviour of CVs during their intereruption periods. We examined Hα images of 47 objects and found no new shells around any of the targets. Combining our latest results with those of our previous campaign (Sahman et al.), and the searches by Schmidtobreick et al. and Pagnotta & Zurek, we estimate that the nova-like phase of the mass transfer cycle lasts ∼3000 yr.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | novae, cataclysmic variables |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Physics and Astronomy (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 16 Dec 2021 14:28 |
Last Modified: | 08 Mar 2022 15:25 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Royal Astronomical Society |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/mnras/stab3668 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:181693 |