{"paper":{"title":"Unravelling the infrared transient VVV-WIT-06: the case for an origin in a classical nova","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["astro-ph.HE"],"primary_cat":"astro-ph.SR","authors_text":"Dante Minniti, Dipankar P.K. Banerjee, Eric Y. Hsiao, Hanindyo Kuncarayakti, Jussi Harmanen, Llu\\'is Galbany, Nidia Morrell, Seppo Mattila, Tiara Diamond","submitted_at":"2018-09-18T15:35:51Z","abstract_excerpt":"The enigmatic near-infrared transient VVV-WIT-06 underwent a large amplitude eruption of unclear origin in July 2013. Based on its lightcurve properties and late-time post-outburst spectra various possibilities have been proposed in the literature for the origin of the object viz. a Type I supernova, a classical nova (CN) and a violent stellar merger event. We show that out of these possibilities, an origin in a CN outburst convincingly explains the observed properties of VVV-WIT-06. We estimate that the absolute K band magnitude of the nova at maximum was M$_K$ = -8.2 $\\pm$ 0.5, its distance "},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1809.06801","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}