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For questions about stellar explosions on white dwarfs caused by runaway fusion reactions in an accreted hydrogen atmoshphere and visible as a "new star". Distinct from a supernova.

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How can photoionization release photons? As in the coronal emission of a nova star?

You essentially answered your own question; the short answer is yes, recombination is the source of the referenced photons. A substance in local thermodynamic equilibrium will find itself in one of th …
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