| Proposal ID | 050605 |
| Title | Turn-off of nuclear burning and recovery of accretion in recent galactic novae |
| Download Data Associated to the proposal | https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0506050101 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-go54fx8 |
| Principal Investigator, PI | Dr Margarita Hernanz |
| Abstract | Detection of X-rays from classical novae in their post-outburst stages providesunique and crucial information about the explosion mechanism and thereestablishment of accretion. Soft X-rays reveal if a hot nuclear burning shellremains, whereas harder X-rays give diagnostics about the recovery of accretionand the magnetic or non magnetic character of the reborn cataclysmic variable.The unprecedented sensitivity of XMM-Newton will permit to deduce crucialparameters of the nova evolution: mass of the white dwarf, turnoff timescale,mass burned to helium, if burning is still on, and properties of the ejectaand/or the recovered accretion stream. We propose to observe 3 novae thatexploded in 2006, to increase the still scarce data on recent novae. |
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| Instrument | EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2 |
| Temporal Coverage | 2007-05-05T11:36:57Z/2007-10-03T04:03:08Z |
| Version | 21.51_20241115_1113 |
| Mission Description | The European Space Agencys (ESA) X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) was launched by an Ariane 504 on December 10th 1999. XMM-Newton is ESAs second cornerstone of the Horizon 2000 Science Programme. It carries 3 high throughput X-ray telescopes with an unprecedented effective area, and an optical monitor, the first flown on a X-ray observatory. The large collecting area and ability to make long uninterrupted exposures provide highly sensitive observations. Since Earths atmosphere blocks out all X-rays, only a telescope in space can detect and study celestial X-ray sources. The XMM-Newton mission is helping scientists to solve a number of cosmic mysteries, ranging from the enigmatic black holes to the origins of the Universe itself. Observing time on XMM-Newton is being made available to the scientific community, applying for observational periods on a competitive basis. |
| Creator Contact | https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/xmm-newton-helpdesk |
| Date Published | 2008-11-14T00:00:00Z |
| Last Update | 2026-07-09 |
| Keywords | "harder xray", "galactic novae", "classical novae", "reborn cataclysmic variable", "recovered accretion stream", "XMM-Newton", "white dwarf", "post outburst stages", "nova evolution", "scarce data", "mass burned", "turnoff timescale", "XMM", "explosion mechanism", "soft xray", "magnetic character", "xmm newton", "nuclear burning" |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, Dr Margarita Hernanz, 2008, 'Turn-off of nuclear burning and recovery of accretion in recent galactic novae', 21.51_20241115_1113, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-go54fx8 |
| Rights | Data hosted in the ESA Space Science Archives are distributed under the CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO license. |