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2018ApJ...867...99B - Astrophys. J., 867, 99-99 (2018/November-2)

Unraveling the infrared transient VVV-WIT-06: the case for the origin as a classical nova.

BANERJEE D.P.K., HSIAO E.Y., DIAMOND T., GALBANY L., MORRELL N., MINNITI D., KUNCARAYAKTI H., MATTILA S. and HARMANEN J.

Abstract (from CDS):

The enigmatic near-infrared transient VVV-WIT-06 underwent a large-amplitude eruption of unclear origin in 2013 July. Based on its light curve properties and late-time post-outburst spectra, various possibilities have been proposed in the literature for the origin of the object, namely a Type I supernova, a classical nova (CN), or a violent stellar merger event. We show that, of these possibilities, an origin in a CN outburst convincingly explains the observed properties of VVV-WIT-06. We estimate that the absolute K-band magnitude of the nova at maximum was Mk = -8.2 ± 0.5, its distance d = 13.35 ± 2.18 kpc, and the extinction Av = 15.0 ± 0.55 mag.

Abstract Copyright: © 2018. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Journal keyword(s): infrared: stars - line: identification - novae, cataclysmic variables - stars: individual: VVV-WIT-06 - techniques: spectroscopic

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