Towards Non-spherical Radio Models

Abstract

Radio observations of novae in outburst are of particular interest due to the physical parameters that may be retrieved from fitting the radio light curves. Most models that have fitted previous data assumed spherical symmetry however, it is becoming more and more clear that this is not the case. We explore morpho-kinematical techniques to retrieve the free-free radio light curves of non-spherical models and explore the effects of a non-spherical outburst on the physical parameters. In particular, we find that we may have been over estimating the ejected masses in the outburst of non-spherical novae.

4 pages, 2 figures, to appear in Stella Novae: Past and Future Decades, P. A. Woudt & V. A. R. M. Ribeiro (eds), ASPCS 490