Infrared observations of the recurrent nova T pyxidis: Ancient dust basks in the warm glow of the 2011 outburs

A. Evans; R. D. Gehrz; L. A. Helton; S. Starrfield; M. F. Bode; J. P. Osborne; D. P.K. Banerjee; J. U. Ness; F. M. Walter; C. E. Woodward; E. Kuulkers; S. P.S. Eyres; J. M. Oliveira; N. M. Ashok; J. Krautter; T. J. O'Brien; K. L. Page; M. T. Rushton

doi:10.1111/j.1745-3933.2012.01289.x

Infrared observations of the recurrent nova T pyxidis: Ancient dust basks in the warm glow of the 2011 outburs

A. Evans
, R. D. Gehrz
, L. A. Helton
, S. Starrfield
, M. F. Bode
, J. P. Osborne
, D. P.K. Banerjee
, J. U. Ness
, F. M. Walter
, C. E. Woodward
, E. Kuulkers
, S. P.S. Eyres
, J. M. Oliveira
, N. M. Ashok
, J. Krautter
, T. J. O'Brien
, K. L. Page
, M. T. Rushton

Physics and Astronomy

Keele University
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
NASA Ames Research Center
Arizona State University
Liverpool John Moores University
University of Leicester
Physical Research Laboratory India
ESAC
University of Central Lancashire
Heidelberg University
University of Manchester

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Abstract

We present Spitzer Space Telescope and Herschel Space Observatory infrared observations of the recurrent nova T Pyx during its 2011 eruption, complemented by ground-base opticalinfrared photometry. We find that the eruption has heated dust in the pre-existing nebulosity associated with T Pyx. This is most likely interstellar dust swept up by T Pyx-either during previous eruptions or by a wind-rather than the accumulation of dust produced during eruptions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	L69-L73
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Volume	424
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-3933.2012.01289.x
State	Published - Jul 2012

Keywords

Circumstellar matter
Infrared: stars
ISM: general
Novae, Cataclysmic variables
Stars: individual: T Pyx

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Evans, A., Gehrz, R. D., Helton, L. A., Starrfield, S., Bode, M. F., Osborne, J. P., Banerjee, D. P. K., Ness, J. U., Walter, F. M., Woodward, C. E., Kuulkers, E., Eyres, S. P. S., Oliveira, J. M., Ashok, N. M., Krautter, J., O'Brien, T. J., Page, K. L., & Rushton, M. T. (2012). Infrared observations of the recurrent nova T pyxidis: Ancient dust basks in the warm glow of the 2011 outburs. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 424(1), L69-L73. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-3933.2012.01289.x

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