Accretion disc instabilities in cataclysmic variable stars

A 1D hydrodynamical code is used to model the viscous evolution of VY Scl stars, which are a subclass of Cataclysmic Variable. Low states arise as a result of occasional drops in the mass transfer rate, which probably result from the passage of starspots across the inner Lagrangian point on the seco...

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Main Author: Wynn, Rebecca
Published: University of Leicester 2000
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.696857