A classical nova is a thermonuclear runaway in hydrogen-rich material accreted onto a white dwarf, producing a sudden luminous outburst and ejecting part of the envelope.

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  1. Thin-shell instability
  2. Hydrogen-burning white-dwarf envelope
  3. White dwarf
  4. Stellar evolution
  5. Stellar astrophysics
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