Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Dec 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993ap%26ss.210..371z&link_type=abstract
Astrophysics and Space Science (ISSN 0004-640X), vol. 210, no. 1-2, p. 371
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accretion Disks, Cataclysmic Variables, Dwarf Novae, Stellar Models, Tides, Astrophysics, Computerized Simulation, Gravitational Effects, Torque, Two Dimensional Models
Scientific paper
This paper investigates the tidal effect on accretion disk in Cataclysmic Variables (CVs) and sets up a simplified model in which the secondary's gravitation is substituted by a mean tidal torque. We find that a linear tidal torque will not be able to maintain an equilibrium disk. By using the result of the radius of the equilibrium disk approximately equals to the tidal radius, which was obtained by using the two dimensional numerical simulation invoking nonlinear tidal effect, we give the modified tidal dissipation function for our simplified model which could be used to interpret the outburst of the dwarf nova with tidal effect. The paper also shows that the radius of an equilibrium disk with a torus is slightly small than the Lubow-Shu radius, and the tidal effect may also cause the cycle of quiescence-superoutburst in addition to the cycle of quiescence-outbursts-superoutburst.
Chen Jian-Sheng
Zhang Zhong-Yong
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