Aydi, E;
Page, KL;
Kuin, NPM;
Darnley, MJ;
Walter, FM;
(2018)
Multiwavelength observations of nova SMCN 2016-10a — one of the brightest novae ever observed.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
, 474
(2)
pp. 2679-2705.
10.1093/mnras/stx2678.
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Abstract
We report on multiwavelength observations of nova SMCN 2016-10a. The present observational set is one of the most comprehensive for any nova in the Small Magellanic Cloud, including: low, medium, and high resolution optical spectroscopy and spectropolarimetry from SALT, FLOYDS, and SOAR; long-term OGLE V- and I- bands photometry dating back to six years before eruption; SMARTS optical and near-IR photometry from ∼ 11 days until over 280 days post-eruption; Swift satellite X-ray and ultraviolet observations from ∼ 6 days until 319 days post-eruption. The progenitor system contains a bright disk and a main sequence or a sub-giant secondary. The nova is very fast with t2 ≃ 4.0 ± 1.0 d and t3 ≃ 7.8 ± 2.0 d in the V-band. If the nova is in the SMC, at a distance of ∼ 61 ± 10 kpc, we derive MV, max ≃ −10.5 ± 0.5, making it the brightest nova ever discovered in the SMC and one of the brightest on record. At day 5 post-eruption the spectral lines show a He/N spectroscopic class and a FWHM of ∼ 3500 km s−1 indicating moderately high ejection velocities. The nova entered the nebular phase ∼ 20 days post-eruption, predicting the imminent super-soft source turn-on in the X-rays, which started ∼ 28 days post-eruption. The super-soft source properties indicate a white dwarf mass between 1.2 M⊙ and 1.3 M⊙ in good agreement with the optical conclusions.
Type: | Article |
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Title: | Multiwavelength observations of nova SMCN 2016-10a — one of the brightest novae ever observed |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1093/mnras/stx2678 |
Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx2678 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
Keywords: | Stars: individual (SMCN 2016-10a), novae, cataclysmic variables, white dwarfs, ultraviolet: stars, X-rays: binaries |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Space and Climate Physics |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10025018 |
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