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X ray and gamma ray emission from classical nova outbursts
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Starrfield, Sumner Sparks, Warren M. Truran, James W. |
| Copyright Year | 1992 |
| Description | The outbursts of classical novae are now recognized to be consequences of thermonuclear runaways proceeding in accreted hydrogen-rich shells on white dwarfs in close binary systems. For the conditions that are known to exist in these environments, it is expected that soft x-rays can be emitted, and indeed x-rays were detected from a number of novae. The circumstances for which we expect novae to produce significant x-ray fluxes and provide estimates of the luminosities and effective temperatures are described. It is also known that at the high temperatures that are known to be achieved in this explosive hydrogen-burning environment, significant production of both Na-22 and Al-26 will occur. In this context, we identify the conditions for which gamma-ray emission may be expected to result from nova outbursts. |
| File Size | 487394 |
| Page Count | 8 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19920012681 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t2w42p26m |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1992-02-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Space Radiation Gamma Rays Stellar Mass Accretion X Rays White Dwarf Stars Nuclear Fusion Hydrogen Emission Spectra Stellar Mass Ejection Binary Stars Novae Stellar Luminosity Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
