Extragalactic Novae: A Historical Perspective

PRELIMS.pdf
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	About the Author
		Allen W Shafter
CH001.pdf
	Chapter 1 The Early History of the Transient Sky
		1.1 The Nebulae
		1.2 Novae in Nebulae!
		References
CH002.pdf
	Chapter 2 Novae and the Nature of Spiral Nebulae
		2.1 Proper Motions and Spiral Nebulae
		2.2 Novae and Nebulae
		2.3 The Great Debate
		2.4 The Birth of Extragalactic Astronomy
		2.5 Hubble’s Survey: The Mount Wilson Nova Collection
		2.6 Novae and Supernovae
		2.7 The Maximum-magnitude Rate-of-decline Relation
		References
CH003.pdf
	Chapter 3 Early Photographic Surveys
		3.1 Zwicky’s Pioneering Supernova Search
		3.2 Arp’s M31 Nova Survey
		3.3 Rosino’s Survey at Asiago
		3.4 Sharov and Alksnis Wide-field Survey
		3.5 The Capaccioli et al. Study
		References
CH004.pdf
	Chapter 4 A Physical Model for Novae
		4.1 The Cataclysmic Variable Stars
		4.2 Thermonuclear Runaway Models
		4.3 Spectroscopic Classes of Novae
		References
CH005.pdf
	Chapter 5 Nova Rates and Populations in the Milky Way
		5.1 Two Nova Populations?
			5.1.1 Spectroscopic Classes of Galactic Novae
		5.2 The Galactic Nova Rate
			5.2.1 Direct Determination
			5.2.2 Scaling from External Galaxies
		References
CH006.pdf
	Chapter 6 Modern Nova Surveys of M31
		6.1 Hα Nova Surveys of M31
			6.1.1 The Ciardullo et al. Survey
			6.1.2 Exploring the Disk of M31
		6.2 The Role of Amateur Astronomers
			6.2.1 The RBSE Survey
		6.3 Microlensing Surveys
		6.4 The Automated Surveys
			6.4.1 Pan-STARRS
			6.4.2 PTF and its Successors
		6.5 Spectroscopic Surveys of Local Group Novae
		6.6 X-ray and Infrared Surveys of Novae in M31
			6.6.1 X-ray Emission in Novae
			6.6.2 Infrared Observations of Novae
		References
CH007.pdf
	Chapter 7 Extragalactic Nova Rates and Populations
		7.1 Measuring Extragalactic Nova Rates
			7.1.1 The Control Time Method
			7.1.2 Numerical Simulations
			7.1.3 Luminosity-specific Nova Rates
		7.2 Nova Rates in the Local Group
			7.2.1 M31
			7.2.2 The Magellanic Clouds
			7.2.3 M33
		7.3 Beyond the Local Group
		7.4 Novae in Globular Clusters
		7.5 Nova Rates Across the Hubble Sequence
		References
CH008.pdf
	Chapter 8 Outstanding Questions and Future Prospects
		8.1 The Luminosity Function of Novae
			8.1.1 The Maximum Magnitude Distribution
			8.1.2 Rates of Decline
		8.2 The MMRD Relation Revisited
			8.2.1 Historical Development
			8.2.2 Sources of Uncertainty
			8.2.3 The Skepticism Mounts
			8.2.4 The Latest Results for the MMRD
		8.3 The Nature of the Faint and Fast Nova Population
			8.3.1 The Remarkable Recurrent Nova M31N 2008-12a
		8.4 Recurrent Nova Populations
			8.4.1 Recurrent Novae as Progenitors of Type Ia Supernovae
		8.5 Outstanding Questions Concerning Nova Populations
		8.6 Final Thoughts
		References
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