Accretion Disks in Interacting Binaries: Simulations of the Stream-Disk Impact
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- 1 October 1996
- journal article
- Published by American Astronomical Society in The Astrophysical Journal
- Vol. 470, 1024
- https://doi.org/10.1086/177928
Abstract
We investigate the impact between the gas stream from the inner Lagrangian point and the accretion disk in interacting binaries, using three dimensional Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics simulations. We find that a significant fraction of the stream material can ricochet off the disk edge and overflow towards smaller radii, and that this generates pronounced non-axisymmetric structure in the absorption column towards the central object. We discuss the implications of our results for observations and time-dependent models of low-mass X-ray binaries, cataclysmic variables and supersoft X-ray sources.Keywords
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