A New Kind of Stellar Explosion Has Been Discovered: Micronovae

they were able to verify one of the star’s status as a white dwarf; the other two were known white dwarfs.

It is unknown how often these micronovae happen. According to Simone Scaringi of Durham University in the UK who is the lead astronomer for the team, “One of the systems shows evidence for micronovae recurring about every 100 days or so. Another target shows the bursts happening about every day on the other hand.” The regularity seems to be tied in to the amount of mass the white dwarf collects over a set amount of time.

Continuing on, Scaringi says “It may be that a specific system will show the micronovae events only when the material being funneled on to the magnetic poles can remain confined for long enough to reach thermonuclear triggering conditions. In some occasions this may not happen, and material will spread around the entire white dwarf surface, potentially building a layer of fresh hydrogen that may grow over time and drive a classical nova.

“”These events may actually be quite common, but because they are so fast they are difficult to catch in action,” Scaringi explains” . In order to answer these questions the team wants to find more of these micronovae outbursts and are looking forward to using data from large-scale surveys combined with rapid response observations from telescopes like the VLT or ESO’s

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