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On the possibility of systematizing classical novae by light curve type. I. Type criteria

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Nova light curves, plotted on “outburst amplitude-logarithm of main shell radius” axes, have differences that can be systematized. As a result of a survey of over 90 novae, nova groups that are typical in light curve shape have been distinguished: DQ Her, CP Pup, RR Pic, PU Vul, V1974 Cyg, CP Lac, and GQ Mus. The light curve criterion is supplemented by other characteristics. The DQ Her group includes only novae having dust formation in the ejected shell. The GQ Mus group combines certain novae with smooth light curves that are separated into several subgroups with respect to outburst amplitude and the duration of the light curve section before the transitional stage, but for which the linear section of the light curve has the same slope.

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Translated from Astrofizika, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 61–74, January–March, 1999.

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Rosenbush, A.E. On the possibility of systematizing classical novae by light curve type. I. Type criteria. Astrophysics 42, 43–53 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02700913

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