The peculiar dust shell of Nova DZ Cru (2003)

A. Evans; R. D. Gehrz; C. E. Woodward; L. A. Helton; M. T. Rushton; M. F. Bode; J. Krautter; J. Lyke; D. K. Lynch; J. U. Ness; Sumner Starrfield; J. W. Truran; R. M. Wagner

doi:10.1111/j.1745-3933.2010.00887.x

The peculiar dust shell of Nova DZ Cru (2003)

A. Evans, R. D. Gehrz, C. E. Woodward, L. A. Helton, M. T. Rushton, M. F. Bode, J. Krautter, J. Lyke, D. K. Lynch, J. U. Ness, Sumner Starrfield, J. W. Truran, R. M. Wagner

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Abstract

We present Spitzer Space Telescope observations of the 'peculiar variable' DZ Cru, identified by Rushton et al. as a classical nova. A dust shell, on which are superimposed a number of features, is prominent in the 5-35 μm range some 4 yr after eruption. We suggest that the dust in DZ Cru is primarily hydrogenated amorphous carbon in which aliphatic bands currently predominate and which may become either predominantly aromatic as the dust is photoprocessed by ultraviolet radiation from the stellar remnant or more likely completely destroyed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	L85-L89
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Volume	406
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-3933.2010.00887.x
State	Published - Jul 2010

Keywords

Circumstellar matter
Novae, cataclysmic variables
Stars: individual: DZ Cru

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Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

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