The stream-disk interaction

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics

Scientific paper

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

8 pages, including 3 figures. To appear in 13th North American workshop on CVs. Paper and color visualizations also available

Scientific paper

I review theoretical aspects of the interaction between the accretion stream and the disk in interacting binary systems, concentrating on recent hydrodynamic calculations. At low accretion rates, cooling is expected to be efficient, and the interaction leads to a nearly ballistic stream overflowing the disk rim towards smaller radii. If cooling is ineffectual, the shocked gas produces a bulge on the disk rim, and there is no coherent stream inward of the disk edge. Results are presented for the mass fraction and velocity structure of the overflowing component, and the implications for X-ray observations of `dips', and doppler tomography of cataclysmic variables are briefly discussed.

No associations

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for scientists and scientific papers. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

The stream-disk interaction does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with The stream-disk interaction, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and The stream-disk interaction will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-151358

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.