Unified model for the radio and X-ray emissions from nova CI Cam 1998.

We investigate the possibility of constructing a unified model for the radio and X-ray outbursts of nova CI Cam 1998 in terms of the shock interaction of the nova envelope with circumstellar gas. In a spherical model, we manage to describe the kinematics and evolution of the radio source flux and very roughly the evolution of the X-ray flux. The X-ray spectrum in this model is appreciably harder. Better agreement with observations in all respects is shown by the model for the interaction of a spherical nova envelope with a nonspherical circumstellar medium. The latter is simulated in our model by a combination of rarefied bipolar conical outflows of stationary wind with an opening angle of 120° and a dense equatorial disk. In the optimal model, the initial kinetic energy of the nova envelope is ∼5 × 1043 erg and its mass lies within the range (1–5) × 10−7 M⊙. The energy and mass of the nova envelope as well as the mass loss rate in the nonspherical model are close to those obtained in the spherical model by Filippova et al. (2008). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]