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Red novae, their progenitors, and remnants

Tomasz Kaminski (Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of Polish Academy of Sciences) , Nadejda Blagorodnova (University of Barcelona , Institut dEstudis Espacials de Catalunya) This is my paper

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Red novae are the visible result of non-compact binary star coalescence.

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The paper reviews red novae as an emerging class of optical transients with intermediate luminosity between novae and supernovae. These events feature cool, slowly expanding ejecta that evolve into red, dust-enshrouded remnants. The authors synthesize observations to support the view that red novae arise from the merger of non-compact stars in binaries. This interpretation gives a direct window into the dynamics of unstable mass transfer and common-envelope evolution, processes that shape compact binaries and gravitational-wave sources. The review also covers progenitor diversity, remnant properties, and challenges in predicting event rates from current data.

Core claim

Red novae are now widely interpreted as the outcome of binary coalescence involving non-compact stars, providing a rare opportunity to directly observe the dynamical phases of stellar mergers and their immediate aftermath. Observational studies reveal a complex interplay between mass ejection, collisions, radiative processes, and dust formation, while archival data show progenitors ranging from low-mass contact binaries to massive evolved stars, often post-main-sequence.

What carries the argument

Binary coalescence through unstable mass transfer and common-envelope evolution, which produces the observed cool ejecta, red color evolution, and dust formation in these transients.

If this is right

  • The brightest red novae may occur more frequently than core-collapse supernovae in the local Universe.
  • These events supply direct constraints on the physics of common-envelope evolution that shapes high-energy binaries and gravitational-wave sources.
  • Large-scale time-domain surveys will increase the sample size and allow better rate predictions for stellar mergers.
  • Long-term monitoring of remnants can trace the formation of dust and the cooling of merger ejecta over years.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

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  • If merger rates from red novae align with binary population models, this would tighten predictions for the number of tight white-dwarf binaries that become gravitational-wave sources.
  • Connecting red nova remnants to known post-merger objects like blue stragglers could test whether all such systems pass through a luminous red phase.
  • The diversity of progenitors suggests that merger outcomes depend on initial mass ratio and evolutionary stage, which future hydrodynamic simulations could map to observable light-curve shapes.

Load-bearing premise

The observed cool slowly expanding ejecta, red evolution, and dust formation are sufficient to identify these transients as merger events rather than other classes of optical transients.

What would settle it

Detection of a red nova whose progenitor is a single star without binary evidence in archival imaging or whose spectrum shows signatures of a compact object companion would challenge the merger interpretation.

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Red novae or luminous red novae are a class of optical transients that have emerged over the past two decades. They occupy an intermediate luminosity regime between classical novae and supernovae and are characterized by cool, slowly expanding ejecta and a pronounced evolution toward red, dust-enshrouded remnants. These events are now widely interpreted as the outcome of binary coalescence involving non-compact stars, providing a rare opportunity to directly observe the dynamical phases of stellar mergers and their immediate aftermath. Observational studies of red novae provide a glimpse into the still poorly understood physics of unstable mass transfer and common-envelope evolution in binary stars, responsible for the formation of high-energy astrophysical phenomena, compact binary systems, and gravitational wave sources. In this review, we synthesize current observational knowledge of red novae, including their outburst properties, population characteristics, and long-term remnants. Observations of light curves, spectra, and circumstellar environments reveal a complex interplay between mass ejection, collisions, radiative processes, and dust formation. Archival detections of red novae progenitors show a diversity of systems, ranging from low-mass contact binaries to massive evolved stars, with a notable representation of post-main-sequence stars. We examine current efforts to predict red nova outbursts and establish robust event rates, both of which remain challenging. The growing sample of extragalactic transients suggests that the brightest red novae may be even more frequent than core-collapse SNe in the local Universe, underscoring their importance for binary evolution and stellar population studies. Finally, we outline future prospects, including the impact of large-scale time-domain surveys and the potential connection between stellar mergers and gravitational-wave sources.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript is a review synthesizing observational knowledge of red novae (luminous red novae), a class of optical transients with intermediate luminosities between novae and supernovae. It claims these events arise from binary coalescence of non-compact stars, enabling direct observation of merger dynamics and common-envelope evolution. The review covers outburst properties (light curves, spectra, cool slowly expanding ejecta, red evolution, dust formation), progenitor diversity (low-mass contact binaries to massive post-main-sequence stars), population characteristics, challenges in rate predictions, and future prospects with time-domain surveys, including the suggestion that the brightest events may outnumber core-collapse SNe locally.

Significance. If the interpretive framework holds, the review is significant for compiling a growing body of data on stellar mergers and their remnants, offering insights into unstable mass transfer and links to gravitational-wave sources. Credit is given for explicitly noting the diversity of archival progenitors and for framing red novae as probes of binary evolution physics that remain poorly understood from theory alone.

major comments (1)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract: The central claim that cool, slowly expanding ejecta, red color evolution, and dust formation are sufficient to identify these transients as binary coalescence events is load-bearing for the review's interpretive synthesis. The text presents these as diagnostic without quoting explicit exclusion criteria or quantitative discriminants (e.g., velocity or temperature thresholds) against overlapping classes such as certain core-collapse events with dense CSM or LBV-like outbursts; this weakens the direct mapping to merger physics.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Population characteristics] The discussion of event rates in the population section would benefit from a brief table summarizing cited rate estimates and their uncertainties to make the claim of potentially higher frequency than core-collapse SNe more transparent.
  2. [Introduction] Ensure consistent terminology: 'red novae' and 'luminous red novae' are used interchangeably; a short clarifying sentence in the introduction would prevent reader confusion.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their careful reading of the manuscript and for the constructive comment on the abstract. We address the point directly below and will revise the text accordingly to strengthen the presentation of the diagnostic criteria.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: The central claim that cool, slowly expanding ejecta, red color evolution, and dust formation are sufficient to identify these transients as binary coalescence events is load-bearing for the review's interpretive synthesis. The text presents these as diagnostic without quoting explicit exclusion criteria or quantitative discriminants (e.g., velocity or temperature thresholds) against overlapping classes such as certain core-collapse events with dense CSM or LBV-like outbursts; this weakens the direct mapping to merger physics.

    Authors: We agree that the abstract would benefit from greater explicitness on the quantitative aspects of the classification. While the main text (particularly the sections on outburst properties and comparisons to other transients) already discusses velocity ranges (typically 100–800 km s^{-1}), temperature evolution (dropping below ~4000 K), and the absence of high-velocity supernova-like features, we will revise the abstract to incorporate concise discriminants and a brief reference to the ensemble nature of the identification. We note that red novae are distinguished by the combination of these properties rather than any single threshold, and that overlaps with dense-CSM core-collapse events or LBV outbursts are addressed observationally in the review through specific examples and light-curve/spectral comparisons. The revision will make the interpretive framework clearer without changing the underlying synthesis. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: observational review synthesizes external data without derivations or self-referential reductions.

full rationale

This is a review paper that compiles observational properties, progenitor detections, and interpretations from the literature. No equations, fitted parameters, or predictions are introduced that reduce by construction to the authors' own inputs. Central claims rest on cited external studies of light curves, spectra, and progenitors rather than any internal loop. Self-citations, if present, are not load-bearing for uniqueness theorems or ansatzes; the mapping to binary coalescence is framed as the prevailing interpretation based on shared phenomenology across independent observations.

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This review does not introduce new free parameters, axioms, or invented entities; it aggregates existing observational interpretations from the literature.

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