A New Catalogue of Galactic Novae: Investigation of the MMRD relation & Spatial Distribution

Abstract

In this study, a new Galactic novae catalogue is introduced collecting important parameters of these sources such as their light curve parameters, classifications, full width half maximum (FWHM) of H${}_{\alpha }$ line, distances and interstellar reddening estimates. The catalogue is also published on a website with a search option via a SQL query and an online tool to re-calculate the distance/reddening of a nova from the derived reddening-distance relations. Using the novae in the catalogue, the existence of a maximum magnitude-rate of decline (MMRD) relation in the Galaxy is investigated. Although an MMRD relation was obtained, a significant scattering in the resulting MMRD distribution still exists. We suggest that the MMRD relation likely depends on other parameters in addition to the decline time, as FWHM H${}_{\alpha }$, the light curve shapes. Using two different samples depending on the distances in the catalogue and from the derived MMRD relation, the spatial distributions of Galactic novae as a function of their spectral and speed classes were studied. The investigation on the Galactic model parameters implies that best estimates for the local outburst density are 3.6 and 4.2 $\times 10^{-10}$ pc${}^{-3}$ yr${}^{-1}$ with a scale height of 148 and 175 pc, while the space density changes in the range of $0.4-16\times 10^{-6}$ pc${}^{-3}$. The local outburst density and scale height obtained in this study infer that the disk nova rate in the Galaxy is in the range of $\sim 20$ to $\sim 100$ yr${}^{-1}$ with an average estimate $67_{-17}^{+21}$ yr${}^{-1}$.

arXiv comment24 pages, 9 figures, 6 tables; Accepted for publication in MNRAS on 13 Feb 2018

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