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Article Dans Une Revue Advances in Space Research Année : 2006

Accretion-disc radius variations in close binaries

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Outer radius variations play an important role in the disc structure and evolution. We consider theoretical and observational consequences of such variations in cataclysmic binaries and low-mass X-ray binaries. We find that the action of tidal torques must be important well inside the tidal radius. We also conclude that it is doubtful that the tidal-thermal instability is responsible for the superoutburst/superhump phenomena.

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hal-04111552 , version 1 (31-05-2023)

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Jean-Marie Hameury, Jean-Pierre Lasota. Accretion-disc radius variations in close binaries. Advances in Space Research, 2006, 38, pp.2857-2861. ⟨10.1016/j.asr.2005.10.050⟩. ⟨hal-04111552⟩
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