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经典新星从Z Camelopardalis壳层膨胀中的间歇爆发时间尺度

The Inter-Eruption Timescale of Classical Novae from Expansion of the Z Camelopardalis Shell

Michael M. Shara, Trisha Mizusawa, David Zurek, Christopher D. Martin, James D. Neill, Mark Seibert

摘要:

矮新星Z Camelopardalis被已知最大的经典新星壳所包围。这个壳层表明,至少有一些矮新星在过去一定经历过经典新星爆发,并且至少有一些经典新星在其新星热核爆发很久之后成为矮新星。目前的壳层大小,已知的距离,以及观测到的最大新星喷射速度,都将Z Cam上次爆发的时间设定为220年的下限。Z Cam外壳半径的最亮部分目前为p ~ 1690像素。喷出物最亮部分的半径没有扩大,上限为pdot < 1像素/3年。这表明最后一次Z Cam喷发发生在5,000年前。然而,包括减速的重要影响,因为喷出物在雪犁阶段扫过星际物质,将下限降低到1300年。这是对经典新星爆发间隔时间大于1000年的新星热核逃逸理论预言的首次有力检验。中国古代占星家在公元前77年10月至11月记录的一个有趣的建议,即Z Cam是一颗明亮的新星,与我们的测量结果一致。如果Z Cam确实是公元前77年的新星,我们预测它的喷出物目前正在以85 km/s或0.11 arcsec/yr的速度膨胀。检测和测量这种扩张率在短短几年内就可以实现。

英文摘要:

The dwarf nova Z Camelopardalis is surrounded by the largest known classical nova shell. This shell demonstrates that at least some dwarf novae must have undergone classical nova eruptions in the past, and that at least some classical novae become dwarf novae long after their nova thermonuclear outbursts. The current size of the shell, its known distance, and the largest observed nova ejection velocity set a lower limit to the time since Z Cam's last outburst of 220 years. The brightest part of the Z Cam shell's radius is currently p ~ 1690 pixels. No expansion of the radius of the brightest part of the ejecta was detected, with an upper limit of pdot < 1 pixel/3 years. This suggests that the last Z Cam eruption occurred p/pdot > 5,000 years ago. However, including the important effect of deceleration as the ejecta sweeps up interstellar matter in its snowplow phase reduces the lower limit to 1300 years. This is the first strong test of the prediction of nova thermonuclear runaway theory that the inter-outburst times of classical novae are longer than 1000 yr. The intriguing suggestion that Z Cam was a bright nova, recorded by Chinese imperial astrologers in October - November 77 BCE, is consistent with our measurements. If Z Cam was indeed the nova of 77 BCE we predict that its ejecta are currently expanding at 85 km/s, or 0.11 arcsec/yr. Detection and measurement of this rate of expansion are doable in just a few years.

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