Hostname: page-component-54dcc4c588-hp6zs Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-10-06T16:30:47.080Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Red novae, stellar mergers in binary and triple systems, and bipolar nebulae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2025

Tomek Kamiński*
Affiliation:
Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, Rabiańska 8, 87-100 Toruń, Poland

Abstract

Red novae are transients powered by collisions of non-compact stars. Among their progenitors are systems of evolved subgiants and giants stars. Remnants of such red novae display bipolar structures which have remarkably close characteristics to many post-AGB or pre-PN systems. It is important to ask (and eventually verify) whether some of the less known post-main-sequence objects (mis-)classified as pre-PNe can be merger remnants similar to the red nova remnants.

Information

Type
Contributed Paper
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of International Astronomical Union

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Article purchase

Temporarily unavailable

References

Addison, H., Blagorodnova, N., Groot, P. J., et al. 2022, MNRAS, 517, 1884. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stac2685 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Bally, J., Ginsburg, A., Arce, H., et al. 2017, ApJ, 837, 60. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa5c8b CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Banerjee, D. P. K., Geballe, T. R., Evans, A., et al. 2020, ApJL, 904, L23. doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/abc885 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Blagorodnova, N., Kotak, R., Polshaw, J., et al. 2017, ApJ, 834, 107. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/834/2/107 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Blagorodnova, N., Klencki, J., Pejcha, O., et al. 2021, A&A, 653, A134. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/202140525 Google Scholar
Bourke, T., Hyland, A. R., Robinson, G., et al. 2000, Asymmetrical Planetary Nebulae II: From Origins to Microstructures, 199, 171. doi: 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/9909500 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Bujarrabal, V., Castro-Carrizo, A., Alcolea, J., et al. 2001, A&A, 377, 868. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361:20011090 Google Scholar
De, K., MacLeod, M., Karambelkar, V., et al. 2023, Nature, 617, 55. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-05842-x CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Glanz, H. & Perets, H. B. 2021, MNRAS, 500, 1921. doi: 10.1093/mnras/staa3242 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Hajduk, M., Zijlstra, A. A., van Hoof, P. A. M., et al. 2007, MNRAS, 378, 1298. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.11825.x CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Hajduk, M., van Hoof, P. A. M., & Zijlstra, A. A. 2013, MNRAS, 432, 167. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stt426 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Hambleton, K. M., Bianco, F. B., Street, R., et al. 2023, PASP, 135, 105002. doi: 10.1088/1538-3873/acdb9a CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Hamers, A. S., Glanz, H., & Neunteufel, P. 2022, ApJSS, 259, 25. doi: 10.3847/1538-4365/ac49e7 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Hoadley, K., Martin, D. C., Metzger, B. D., et al. 2020, Nature, 587, 387. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2893-5 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Howitt, G., Stevenson, S., Vigna-Gómez, A., et al. 2020, MNRAS, 492, 3229. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stz3542 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Iaconi, R., Maeda, K., Nozawa, T., et al. 2020, MNRAS, 497, 3166. doi: 10.1093/mnras/staa2169 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ivanova, N., Justham, S., Chen, X., et al. 2013, AnRevA&A, 21, 59. doi: 10.1007/s00159-013-0059-2 Google Scholar
Kamiński, T., Menten, K. M., Tylenda, R., et al. 2015, Nature, 520, 322. doi: 10.1038/nature14257 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Kamiński, T., Mason, E., Tylenda, R., et al. 2015, A&A, 580, A34. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201526212 Google Scholar
Kamiński, T., Menten, K. M., Tylenda, R., et al. 2017, A&A, 607, A78. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201731287 Google Scholar
Kamiński, T., Steffen, W., Tylenda, R., et al. 2018, A&A, 617, A129. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201833165 Google Scholar
Kamiński, T., Tylenda, R., Menten, K. M., et al. 2018, Nature Astronomy, 2, 778. doi: 10.1038/s41550-018-0541-x CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Kamiński, T., Menten, K. M., Tylenda, R., et al. 2020, A&A, 644, A59. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/202038648 Google Scholar
Kamiński, T., Menten, K. M., Tylenda, R., et al. 2020, A&A, 644, A59. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/202038648 Google Scholar
Kamiński, T., Tylenda, R., Kiljan, A., et al. 2021, A&A, 655, A32. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/202141526 Google Scholar
Kamiński, T., Steffen, W., Bujarrabal, V., et al. 2021, A&A, 646, A1. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039634 Google Scholar
Karambelkar, V. R., Kasliwal, M. M., Blagorodnova, N., et al. 2023, ApJ, 948, 137. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/acc2b9 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Kochanek, C. S., Adams, S. M., & Belczynski, K. 2014, MNRAS, 443, 1319. doi:10.1093/ mnras/stu1226CrossRefGoogle Scholar
MacLeod, M., De, K., & Loeb, A. 2022, ApJ, 937, 96. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac8c31 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Melis, C. 2020, Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society, 4, 238. doi: 10.3847/2515-5172/abd32aGoogle Scholar
Metzger, B. D. & Pejcha, O. 2017, MNRAS, 471, 3200. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stx1768 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Mobeen, M. Z., Kamiński, T., Matter, A., et al. 2021, A&A, 655, A100. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/202142297 Google Scholar
O’Connor, C. E., Bildsten, L., Cantiello, M., et al. 2023, ApJ, 950, 128. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/acd2d4 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Pastorello, A., Mason, E., Taubenberger, S., et al. 2019, A&A, 630, A75. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201935999 Google Scholar
Pejcha, O., Metzger, B. D., Tyles, J. G., et al. 2017, ApJ, 850, 59. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa95b9 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Shara, M. M. & Moffat, A. F. J. 1982, ApJL, 258, L41. doi: 10.1086/183826 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Schmidt, D. R., Woolf, N. J., Zega, T. J., et al. 2018, Nature, 564, 378. doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0763-1 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Soker, N. 2023, MNRAS, 524, L94. doi: 10.1093/mnrasl/slad086 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Soker, N. & Kashi, A. 2012, ApJ, 746, 100. doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/746/1/100 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Stępień, K. 2011, A&A, 531, A18. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201116689 Google Scholar
Steffen, W., Koning, N., & Santander-Garca, M. 2014, Asymmetrical Planetary Nebulae VI Conference, 96Google Scholar
Steinmetz, T., Kamiński, T., Schmidt, M., et al. 2023, A&A in press, arXiv:2308.14588. doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2308.14588 Google Scholar
Tylenda, R., Soker, N., & Szczerba, R. 2005, A&A, 441, 1099. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361:20042485 Google Scholar
Tylenda, R., Hajduk, M., Kamiński, T., et al. 2011, A&A, 528, A114. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201016221 Google Scholar
Tylenda, R., Kamiński, T., & Smolec, R. 2023, A&A in press, arXiv:2312.07433. doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2312.07433 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Tylenda, R., Kamiński, T., & Smolec, R. 2023, arXiv:2312.07433. doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2312.07433 CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Tylenda, R. & Soker, N. 2006, A&A, 451, 223. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361:20054201 Google Scholar