Physics of classical novae : proceedings of Colloquium no. 122 of the International Astronomical Union held in Madrid, Spain, on 27-30 June 1989

Welcome address....Pages 1-2
Cataclysmic variables as binary stars: Then and now....Pages 3-10
The long term behaviour of classical old novae....Pages 11-23
Classical novae: Properties between outbursts....Pages 24-33
Galactic distribution and outburst frequency of classical novae....Pages 34-41
Novae in clusters and galaxies....Pages 42-46
Strong magnetic fields in nova systems....Pages 47-47
Quasi-periodic outburst activity of novae at minimum....Pages 48-49
Spin period variations of the white dwarf in FO AQR/H2215-086....Pages 50-52
The galactic nova rate....Pages 53-54
A possible nova from the IRAS point source catalogue....Pages 55-56
Where is nova 1437? — Surprises in the space density of cataclysmic variables....Pages 57-58
On the postoutburst far ultraviolet declines of WZ sagittae and V1500 CYGNI....Pages 59-60
Spectroscopic observations of the southern old novae CP PUP and V841 OPH....Pages 61-62
CP puppis: Another V1500 Cyg?....Pages 63-64
The uv luminosity of old novae....Pages 65-67
V 1500 Cyg: Slow variability in post-nova stage....Pages 68-70
Maximum magnitude vs. rate of decline for novae of the LMC....Pages 71-72
On V603 Aql and magnetic novae....Pages 73-75
Optical studies of classical novae in outburst....Pages 77-96
Chemistry of nova envelopes....Pages 97-114
Ultraviolet observations of classical novae in outburst....Pages 115-126
Multi-wavelength observations of novae in outburst....Pages 127-137
New infrared results for classical novae....Pages 138-147
Recent and future x-ray observations of classical novae during the outburst stage....Pages 148-154
New results about post optical maximum oscillations of novae....Pages 155-156
Simultaneous optical and UV spectra of the two LMC novae 1988....Pages 157-158
Optical spectrophotometry of nova PW vulpeculae....Pages 159-160
The early outburst spectra of nova V1506 CYGNI....Pages 161-162
Mass of the, ejected envelope of LV vulpeculae....Pages 163-164
The peculiar slow nova X serpentis....Pages 165-166
Images and light curves of the radio remnants of novae....Pages 167-178
Optical imagery of nova remnants....Pages 179-187
Physical properties and abundances of novae in the nebular phase....Pages 188-194
An Hα image of nova V1500 cygni twelve years after outburst....Pages 195-196
PAH\'S and silicate emission in nova cen 1986....Pages 197-198
Mm CO observation of the old nova NQ Vul....Pages 199-199
Nova Ophiuchi 1988: 0.9–1.35 μm spectroscopy....Pages 200-201
Measurements of outburst characteristics, temperatures, densities and abundances in the ejecta of Nova Muscae 1983....Pages 202-203
Element abundances of nova PW vulpeculae....Pages 204-205
Chemical composition of Nova Centauri 1986....Pages 206-207
Ultraviolet spectroscopy of the shell of RR pic....Pages 208-209
Infrared spectra of recent novae....Pages 210-212
The ionization of novae ejecta....Pages 213-227
Winds from disks....Pages 228-235
Physics of mass ejection during nova outbursts....Pages 236-243
Effects of the presence of supercritical winds....Pages 244-252
Formation and evolution of dust in novae....Pages 253-263
Model atmospheres for novae during the early stages....Pages 264-276
The continuum spectra of accretion discs in novalike objects....Pages 277-289
Infra-red emission from classical novae....Pages 290-292
Cool envelopes of post-novae constraints on the decline of the white dwarf....Pages 293-294
Chemical routes to dust formation in the ejecta of novae....Pages 295-296
Modelling the common envelope phase in classical novae....Pages 297-298
Ionization and temperature structure in nova shells....Pages 299-300
Formation of the balmer line in the optically thick nova envelope....Pages 301-302
HeI emission line formation in symbiotic stars and novae....Pages 303-305
Soft x-ray emission from classical novae in outburst....Pages 306-310
Classical novae in the context of the evolution of cataclysmic binaries....Pages 311-324
The origin and evolution of novae....Pages 325-341
Novae between outbursts....Pages 342-350
The cyclic evolution of classical novae....Pages 351-360
Thermonuclear runaway model....Pages 361-372
Theoretical implications of nova abundances....Pages 373-385
The theoretical frequency of classical nova outbursts as a function of white dwarf mass....Pages 386-387
Accretion on CO white dwarfs. influence of the external burning shells on the evolution....Pages 388-389
Effective growth rate of white dwarf mass in nova outbursts....Pages 390-391
The white dwarf mass and orbital period distributions in zero-age cataclysmic variables....Pages 392-393
Diffusion in novae at high accretion rates....Pages 394-396
On the nature of the outflow from nova stars occurring immediately after ejection of an envelope....Pages 397-399
Novae as local thermonuclear runaways....Pages 400-401
Recurrent novae....Pages 403-415
The symbiotic novae....Pages 416-422
Spectroscopic results of the recurrent nova RS Ophiuchi....Pages 423-424
A spectroscopic survey of recurrent novae at minimum....Pages 425-426
Possible x-ray flares in a recurrent nova....Pages 427-428
The 1989 outburst of V404 cygni: A very unusual x-ray nova....Pages 429-430
The structure of the envelopes of symbiotic novae....Pages 431-432
HM Sge still evolving....Pages 433-434
IR observations of the symbiotic nova HM sagittae....Pages 435-436
The light curve of the symbiotic nova HM sagittae....Pages 437-439
The nova type outburst of the symbiotic star AS 296....Pages 440-441
Co-ordinated optical and radio observations of symbiotic stars....Pages 442-443
High resolution spectroscopy of symbiotic stars....Pages 444-445
Some comments on classical novae and related systems....Pages 447-454