I. Hachisu et M. Kato, A new interpretation for the second peak of T Coronae Borealis outbursts: A tilting disk around a very massive white dwarf, ASTROPHYS J, 517(1), 1999, pp. L47-L50
A new interpretation for the second peak of T Coronae Borealis outbursts is
proposed based on a thermonuclear runaway (TNR) model. The system consists
of a very massive white dwarf (WD) with a tilting accretion disk and a lob
e-filling red giant. The first peak of the visual light curve of T CrB outb
ursts is well reproduced by the TNR model on a WD close to the Chandrasekha
r mass (M-WD greater than or similar to 1.35 M-.), while the second peak is
reproduced by the combination of the irradiated M giant and the irradiated
tilting disk. The derived fitting parameters are the WD mass M-WD similar
to 1.35 M-., the M giant companion mass M-RG similar to 0.7 M-. (0.6-1.0 M-
. is acceptable), the inclination angle of the orbit i similar to 70 degree
s, and the tilting angle of the disk i(prec) similar to 35 degrees. These p
arameters are consistent with the recently derived binary parameters of T C
rB.