A WISE view of novae - I. The data

Abstract

We present the results of data-mining the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) archive for data on classical and recurrent novae. We find that the detections are consistent with dust emission, line emission, emission by a stellar photosphere, or a combination of these. Of the 36 novae detected in one or more WISE bands, 16 are detected in all four; 31 known novae are not detected by WISE. We also searched for WISE data on post-WISE novae, to gain information about nova progenitors. In this first paper, we consider only the WISE data. In future papers, we will provide a more detailed modelling of the WISE data, and discuss WISE data on post-WISE novae – including their variability – and will complement the WISE data with data from other IR surveys.

Citation

(2014). A WISE view of novae - I. The data. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1683 - 1697. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1467

• Acceptance Date: Jul 21, 2014
• Publication Date: Oct 21, 2014
• Journal: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
• Print ISSN: 0035-8711
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Pages: 1683 - 1697
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1467
• Keywords: surveys, binaries, symbiotic, circumstellar matter, novae, cataclysmic variables, infrared, stars
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1467