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Tidal torques on accretion discs in binary systems with extreme mass ratios
Abstract
This paper investigates the tidal transport of angular momentum in accretion disc flow in a close binary system with small mass ratio, q. We demonstrate that the disc can only be tidally truncated if q is greater than the inverse of the Reynolds number. We derive the existence of a strong 2:1 resonance. Near the resonance, a spiral dissipation pattern is expected. If the Reynolds number is greater than ∼q−2, a dissipation and angular momentum loss from the disc may be sufficient to truncate it at the resonance. Finally we discuss the application of these results to dwarf novae.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Lin, D. N. C., & Papaloizou, J.
- Venue
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1979-04-01
- Volume
- 186
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 799-812
- ISSN
- 0035-8711 (ISSN-L)
- 1365-2966
- OpenAlex
- W2063349913
- Cited by
- 525
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 8.30
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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