Metamorphic novae. I. Gaia22alz -- Violent relaxation starting from static evolution
Abstract
Gaia22alz (nova Vel 2022) shows characteristic properties in its light curves and spectral evolution similar to slow novae HR Del, V723 Cas, and V5558 Sgr. Their outburst begins in a way of hydrostatic expansion with no mass loss, followed by large amplitude (ΔV ∼ 2 mag) multiple peaks around the mean magnitude of MV ∼ −5.5, and eventually it decays similarly to normal classical novae. We present a light curve model of Gaia22alz based on our metamorphic nova theory: a nova starts from a static expansion and then metamorphoses to an optically thick wind evolution through a large amplitude multiple peak phase as a violent relaxation process. Our theoretical light curve for the rising phase consistently explains the slow rise and early spectral evolution of Gaia22alz. Gaia22als is a close binary as well as other three novae, which is consistent with our metamorphic nova theory that the companion motion in the nova envelope triggers the metamorphic transition. Our results do not support E. Aydi et al.'s explanation that the slow optical rise of Gaia22alz is owing to the irradiation of X-ray/UV flash.
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BibTeX
@misc{kato2026metamorphic,
title = {{Metamorphic novae. I. Gaia22alz -- Violent relaxation starting from static evolution}},
author = {Mariko Kato and Izumi Hachisu},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = nov,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2611.05297},
eprint = {2611.05297},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.05297},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Metamorphic novae. I. Gaia22alz -- Violent relaxation starting from static evolution
AU - Mariko Kato
AU - Izumi Hachisu
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/11/03
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2611.05297
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.05297
AB - Gaia22alz (nova Vel 2022) shows characteristic properties in its light curves and spectral evolution similar to slow novae HR Del, V723 Cas, and V5558 Sgr. Their outburst begins in a way of hydrostatic expansion with no mass loss, followed by large amplitude (ΔV ∼ 2 mag) multiple peaks around the mean magnitude of M_V ∼ −5.5, and eventually it decays similarly to normal classical novae. We present a light curve model of Gaia22alz based on our metamorphic nova theory: a nova starts from a static expansion and then metamorphoses to an optically thick wind evolution through a large amplitude multiple peak phase as a violent relaxation process. Our theoretical light curve for the rising phase consistently explains the slow rise and early spectral evolution of Gaia22alz. Gaia22als is a close binary as well as other three novae, which is consistent with our metamorphic nova theory that the companion motion in the nova envelope triggers the metamorphic transition. Our results do not support E. Aydi et al.'s explanation that the slow optical rise of Gaia22alz is owing to the irradiation of X-ray/UV flash.
ER -