Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2009-05-21
Astrophys.J.700:1148-1160,2009
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
13 pages, 17 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1088/0004-637X/700/2/1148
We study the dynamical effects of gravitational focusing by a binary companion on winds from late-type stars. In particular, we investigate the mass transfer and formation of accretion disks around the secondary in detached systems consisting of an AGB mass-losing star and an accreting companion. The presence of mass outflows is studied as a function of mass loss rate, wind temperature and binary orbital parameters. A 2-dimensional hydrodynamical model is used to study the stability of mass transfer in wind accreting symbiotic binary systems. In our simulations we use an adiabatic equation of state and a modified version of the isothermal approximation, where the temperature depends on the distance from the mass losing star and its companion. We explore the accretion flow between the components and formation of accretion disks for a range of orbital separations and wind parameters. Our results show the formation of stream flow between the stars and accretion disks of various sizes for certain orbital configurations. For a typical slow and massive wind from an AGB star the flow pattern is similar to a RLOF with accretion rates of 10% of the mass loss from the primary. Stable disks with exponentially decreasing density profiles and masses of the order $10^{-4}$ solar masses are formed when wind acceleration occurs at several stellar radii. The formation of tidal streams and accretion disks is found to be weakly dependent on the mass loss from the AGB star. Our simulations of gravitationally focused wind accretion in symbiotic binaries show the formation of stream flows and enhanced accretion rates onto the compact component.
Karovska Magarita
Sasselov Dimitar D.
Val-Borro M. de
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