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We present optical spectroscopy collected at seven epochs and BVRCIC photometry obtained at 1227 epochs of nova V723 Cas, covering the time interval between 2007 and 2015. The mean magnitude during this period, stable at ~3 mag brighter than in quiescence, and the continuous presence of strong [Fe X] and other high-ionization emission lines, indicates that the nuclear burning at the surface of the white dwarf is continuing 20 years past the initial outburst. The light curve shows a large amplitude (2 mag) orbital modulation, which is governed by the visibility of the irradiated side of the secondary star. Our observations do not confirm the reported increase with time of the orbital period of V723 Cas, a period of P=16.638 383 ± 0.000 025 h satisfying equally well all available observations in all bands. Our observations also do not confirm the presence of an additional periodicity around P=15.2397 h from which V723 Cas was classified as an intermediate-polar system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

After recent improvements to the Pavia model of two-nucleon knockout from 16O with electromagnetic probes the calculated cross-sections are compared to experimental data from such reactions. Comparison with data from a measurement of the 16O (e,e’ pn) reaction cross-section shows much better agreement between the experimental data and the results of the theoretical model than was previously observed. In a comparison with recent data from a measurement of the 16O ( $ \gamma$ ,pn) reaction cross-section the model over-predicts the measured cross-section at low missing momentum. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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