Three dimensional SPH simulations of radiation-driven warped accretion discs

Details Three dimensional SPH simulations of radiation-driven warped accretion discs Three dimensional SPH simulations of radiation-driven warped accretion discs

2006-01-06

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0601126v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 366 (2006) 1399-1409

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

12 pages, 12 figures, paper accepted for publication by MNRAS

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09910.x

We present three dimensional smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) calculations of warped accretion discs in X-ray binary systems. Geometrically thin, optically thick accretion discs are illuminated by a central radiation source. This illumination exerts a non-axisymmetric radiation pressure on the surface of the disc resulting in a torque that acts on the disc to induce a twist or warp. Initially planar discs are unstable to warping driven by the radiation torque and in general the warps also precess in a retrograde direction relative to the orbital flow. We simulate a number of X-ray binary systems which have different mass ratios using a number of different luminosities for each. Radiation-driven warping occurs for all systems simulated. For mass ratios q ~ 0.1 a moderate warp occurs in the inner disc while the outer disc remains in the orbital plane (c.f. X 1916-053). For less extreme mass ratios the entire disc tilts out of the orbital plane (c.f. Her X-1). For discs that are tilted out of the orbital plane in which the outer edge material of the disc is precessing in a prograde direction we obtain both positive and negative superhumps simultaneously in the dissipation light curve (c.f. V603 Aql).

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