Farung Surina, Mike F. Bode, Matt J. Darnley
Recurrent novae (RNe) play an important role as one of the suspected
progenitor systems of Type Ia supernovae (SNe) which are used as primary
distance indicators in cosmology. Thus, it is important to investigate the
nature of their central binary systems to determine the relation between the
parameters of the central system and outburst type, and finally ascertain the
population of novae that might be available to give rise to the progenitors of
Type Ia SNe. The details of the preliminary investigation looking for
characteristics that may distinguish recurrent and classical novae (CNe)
systems, the selection of initial targets for detailed study, and preliminary
results are presented. We identify 10 suspected RNe among the Galactic CNe
population and our initial photometric observations of their quiescent systems
suggest 2 may belong to the RS Oph type and 2 to the U Sco type RNe.
Spectroscopic follow-up is now underway.
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http://arxiv.org/abs/1111.5524
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