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Compton degradation of gamma-ray line emission from radioactive isotopes in the classical nova V2491 Cygni
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Submitted 26 Jul 2010
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The authors' main claim Repeated scattering of the \gamma-ray photons by electrons in the ejecta, i.e., Compton degradation, results in an extremely flat spectrum in the hard X-ray range, which successfully reproduces the observed spectrum of the X-ray emission from V2491 Cygni.
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To account for the non-thermal emission from the classical nova V2491 Cygni, we perform a series of numerical calculations of radiative transfer of \gamma-ray photons from the radioactive isotope $^{22}$Na in the matter ejected from a white dwarf. Using a simple wind model for the dynamical evolution of the ejecta and a monte-carlo code, we calculate radiative transfer of the \gamma-ray photons in the ejecta. Repeated scattering of the \gamma-ray photons by electrons in the ejecta, i.e., Compton degradation, results in an extremely flat spectrum in the hard X-ray range, which successfully reproduces the observed spectrum of the X-ray emission from V2491 Cygni. The amount of the isotope $^{22}$Na synthesized in the ejecta is required to be 3\times 10^{-5} M_\odot to account for the flux of the hard X-ray emission. Our model indicates that the ejecta become transparent to the \gamma-ray photons within several tens days. Using the results, we briefly discuss the detectability of the \gamma-ray line emission by the {\it INTEGRAL} gamma-ray observatory and the {\it Fermi} Gamma-ray Space Telescope.
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| s0 | To account for the non-thermal emission from the classical nova V2491 Cygni, we perform a series of numerical calculations of radiative transfer of \gamma-ray photons from the radioactive isotope $^{22}$Na in the matter ejected from a white dwarf. | contribution 0.83 | 0.93 | 0.08 | asserted 0.87 |
| s1 | Using a simple wind model for the dynamical evolution of the ejecta and a monte-carlo code, we calculate radiative transfer of the \gamma-ray photons in the ejecta. | method 1.00 | 0.96 | 0.04 | asserted 0.99 |
| s2 | Repeated scattering of the \gamma-ray photons by electrons in the ejecta, i.e., Compton degradation, results in an extremely flat spectrum in the hard X-ray range, which successfully reproduces the observed spectrum of the X-ray emission from V2491 Cygni. | result 0.90 | 0.90 | 0.74 | asserted 1.00 |
| s3 | The amount of the isotope $^{22}$Na synthesized in the ejecta is required to be 3\times 10^{-5} M_\odot to account for the flux of the hard X-ray emission. | result 1.00 | 0.88 | 0.26 | asserted 0.99 |
| s4 | Our model indicates that the ejecta become transparent to the \gamma-ray photons within several tens days. | result 1.00 | 0.93 | 0.08 | hedged possibility 0.92 |
| s5 | Using the results, we briefly discuss the detectability of the \gamma-ray line emission by the {\it INTEGRAL} gamma-ray observatory and the {\it Fermi} Gamma-ray Space Telescope. | interpretation 0.56 | 0.74 | 0.04 | unclear 0.62 |
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To account for the non-thermal emission from the classical nova V2491 Cygni, we perform a series of numerical calculations of radiative transfer of \gamma-ray photons from the radioactive isotope $^{22}$Na in the matter ejected from a white dwarf. Using a simple wind model for the dynamical evolution of the ejecta and a monte-carlo code, we calculate radiative transfer of the \gamma-ray photons in the ejecta. Repeated scattering of the \gamma-ray photons by electrons in the ejecta, i.e., Compton degradation, results in an extremely flat spectrum in the hard X-ray range, which successfully reproduces the observed spectrum of the X-ray emission from V2491 Cygni. The amount of the isotope $^{22}$Na synthesized in the ejecta is required to be 3\times 10^{-5} M_\odot to account for the flux of the hard X-ray emission. Our model indicates that the ejecta become transparent to the \gamma-ray photons within several tens days. Using the results, we briefly discuss the detectability of the \gamma-ray line emission by the {\it INTEGRAL} gamma-ray observatory and the {\it Fermi} Gamma-ray Space Telescope.
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