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Table A.1

Estimated values of the Galactic nova rate, Rnova, average WD-mass in nova systems, ⟨ MWD ⟩, and fraction of WD binaries leading to novae, α (according to Eq. (A.6)), as a function of the CE ejection efficiency αCE.

Rnova = fbin × νtot(yr-1) α MWD

0.1 26.5 0.021 0.92
0.2 49 0.021 1.07
0.3 29.3 0.02 0.995
0.4 18.6 0.02 0.92
0.5 13.6 0.019 0.82
1.0 10.9 0.02 0.77

Notes. The frequency of novae, νtot, is calculated according to Eq. (A.1) and a constant binary fraction fbin = 0.5 is used to estimate Rnova according to Eq. (A.5).

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