Gas flow in cataclysmic variable stars.
Abstract
A description is given of a general method for simulating gas flow in binary stars. The method is employed to examine mass transfer in a system resembling the short-period cataclysmic variable stars including novae, recurrent novae, dwarf novae, and nova-like variables. The system investigated is scaled to resemble the dwarf nova Z Cam.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- November 1975
- DOI:
- 10.1086/153934
- Bibcode:
- 1975ApJ...201..661F
- Keywords:
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- Binary Stars;
- Dwarf Stars;
- Gas Flow;
- Novae;
- Variable Stars;
- Astronomical Models;
- Hydrodynamics;
- Mass Transfer;
- Radiant Cooling;
- Shock Wave Propagation;
- Stellar Gravitation;
- Stellar Mass Ejection;
- Astrophysics