Published January 1990
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Journal article
Is Epsilon Aurigae a one more white dwarf in the stage of a supergiant mimicry?
Description
It is hypothesized that the primary component of the eclipsing system Epsilon Aurigae is a white dwarf in the stage of very prolonged flare of the symbiotic nova type. The hypothesis is based on the comparison of Epsilon Aurigae and PU Vul properties and on the fact that during the last decade the enhanced brightness of PU Vul is namely due to such a flare on an accreting white dwarf
Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (Russian)
- Эпсилон Возничего - еще один белый карлик в стадии мимикрии под сверхгигант?
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Astronomicheskij Zhurnal
- Journal Volume
- 67
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Series
- Astron. Zh.
- Journal Page Range
- 76-84
- ISSN
- 0004-6299
- CODEN
- ASZHA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Russian Federation
- Country of Input or Organization
- USSR
- INIS RN
- 22001061
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- BINARY STARS; BRIGHTNESS; ERUPTIVE VARIABLE STARS; STELLAR FLARES; STELLAR RADIATION; WHITE DWARF STARS
- Descriptors DEC
- DWARF STARS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATIONS; STARS; STELLAR ACTIVITY; VARIABLE STARS