Thesis
Discovery of jets launched by classical nova eruptions
- Abstract:
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Classical novae are stellar explosions that occur on the surface of white dwarfs in close binary systems. This thesis presents time-domain spec- troscopy of four recent eruptions in the Milky Way, carried out by the Global Jet Watch telescopes. Careful analysis of these observations re- veals the presence of a circumbinary disc around classical nova V906 Car following its cataclysmic event in March 2018. Its existence may provide an answer to the long-standing problem of explaining the white ...
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+ Blundell, K
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Physics
Sub department:
Astrophysics
Role:
Supervisor
ORCID:
0000-0001-8509-4939
Funding
Bibliographic Details
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
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- Language:
- English
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- Deposit date:
- 2021-10-27
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- Copyright holder:
- McLoughlin, D
- Copyright date:
- 2021
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