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2002A&A...396..629K - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 396, 629-632 (2002/12-3)

Is KT Mon a classical nova?

KATO T. and YAMAOKA H.

Abstract (from CDS):

KT Mon has been considered as a classical nova in 1942 based on its light curve and spectroscopy. However, we noticed a unusual feature for a nova soon after its maximum: the early presence of high excitation emission lines such as HeII and NIII. We propose previously overlooked interpretations that KT Mon can be either a WZ Sge-type dwarf nova and an X-ray transient, although the possibility of an unusual or a recurrent nova is not completely excluded. If KT Mon is a WZ Sge-type dwarf nova, the system is expected to have a brown dwarf secondary. If KT Mon is an X-ray transient, the system is a good candidate for the nearest black-hole binary. Within our knowledge, the observed features seem to more strongly support the latter possibility. In all possibilities, we can expect a recurrent outburst in meaningfully near future.

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Journal keyword(s): accretion, accretion disks - novae, cataclysmic variables - stars: dwarf novae - X-rays: bursts - stars: individual: KT Mon

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