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Modelling the Common Envelope Phase in Classical Novae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Anurag Shankar
Affiliation:
Dept. of Astronomy, University of Illinois, 1011 W. Springfield Ave., Urbana, IL 61801, U.S.A.
James W. Truran
Affiliation:
Dept. of Astronomy, University of Illinois, 1011 W. Springfield Ave., Urbana, IL 61801, U.S.A.
Andreas Burkert
Affiliation:
Universitäts–Sternwarte München, Scheinerstr. 1, D–8000 München, FRG
Mario Livio
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, TECHNION, Haifa 32000, Israel

Abstract

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Preliminary results of 1– and 2– dimensional hydrodynamical calculations of the common envelope phase in very slow classical novae are presented. We show that frictional deposition of orbital energy and angular momentum into the envelope can potentially induce mass loss. Specifically, we find that despite rapid initial spin–up of the envelope, ejection of mass in the orbital plane continues at a substantial rate.

Type
2. Models of Observations
Copyright
Copyright © Springer-Verlag 1990

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