On the C/O Enrichment of Novae Ejecta
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- 31 October 2001
Abstract
Using the results of recent work in shear instabilities in stratified fluids, we show that the resonant interaction between large-scale flows in the accreted H/He envelope of white dwarf stars and interfacial gravity waves can mix with the star's envelope with the white dwarf's surface material, leading to the enhancement of the envelope's C/O abundance to levels required by extant models for nova outbursts.Keywords
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- Version 1, 2001-10-31, ArXiv
- Published version: The Astrophysical Journal, 562 (2), L177.
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