Doppler Tomography of Accretion Disks in Algol Binaries

Details Doppler Tomography of Accretion Disks in Algol Binaries Doppler Tomography of Accretion Disks in Algol Binaries

Mar 1996

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996apj...459l..99a&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal Letters v.459, p.L99

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Accretion, Accretion Disks, Stars: Circumstellar Matter, Stars: Imaging, Stars: Binaries: Eclipsing, Stars: Individual Constellation Name: U Coronae Borealis, Stars: Individual Constellation Name: U Sagittae, Stars: Novae, Cataclysmic Variables

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Doppler tomography of H alpha spectra of four Algol-type binaries TT Hya, SW Cyg, U CrB, and U Sge has revealed quasi-stable accretion disks around the mass gaining star in each system. In the tomograms, these accretion structures are nearly symmetric distributions of gas between the stellar surface and the Roche lobe around the mass gainer. The disk is most stable in TT Hya and SW Cyg, which have orbital periods greater than 4.5 days. However, the morphology of the accretion structures in the shorter period systems, U CrB and U Sge, can change from a disklike distribution to a streamlike distribution. During a streamlike epoch of these systems, the gas stream in the Doppler tomogram closely follows the predicted free fall path from the inner Lagrangian point toward the mass gainer. However, during the disklike stage, the intensity of the disk is comparable to that of the gas stream. These tomograms display the first maps of accretion disks in the Algol-type class of interacting binaries.

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