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Recurrent Novae: What Do We Know about Them?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 January 2013

G. C. Anupama*
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Astrophysics, II Block Koramangala, Bangalore 560034, India email: gca@iiap.res.in
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Abstract

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Recurrent novae (RNe) belong to the group of cataclysmic variables that exhibit nova outbursts at intervals on the order of decades. They are rare, with 10 Galactic RNe known to date. Two are known in the LMC, while there are a few suspected RNe in M31. Nova outburst models require a high accretion rate on a massive white dwarf to explain the recurring nova outbursts, making this class of objects one of the most likely progenitor binary systems of Type Ia supernovae. The observational properties of the known Galactic recurrent novae are presented here, together with some discussion on the recent outbursts of RS Ophiuchi (2006), U Scorpii (2010), and T Pyxidis (2011).

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