Vertical structure of accretion disks

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Feb 1982

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Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 106, no. 1, Feb. 1982, p. 34-42.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Convection, Energy Transfer, Neutron Stars, Radiative Transfer, Stellar Mass Accretion, Variable Stars, Disks (Shapes), Eclipsing Binary Stars, Vertical Orientation, X Ray Binaries, X Ray Irradiation, X Ray Sources

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Computation of the vertical structure of steady accretion disks with radiative and convective energy transfer has yielded accretion rates of between 10 to the -7th and 10 to the -11th solar masses/year, around a 1 solar mass central object, where the disks are modelled in cataclysmic variables or around neutron stars. Regions shadowed from a central light source are produced by the geometry of the disk, and the effect of irradiation is shown to be important for disks around neutron stars, with such consequences as (1) thicker disks which may explain the missing eclipses in low-mass X-ray binaries and (2) a new model for the 35-day cycle of Her X-1. The stability of low beta-regions is investigated.

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