Accretion disks in the cataclysmic variables

The general equations describing the time-independent structure of gaseous circumstellar disks in vertical hydrostatic equilibrium are derived. The possibility of turbulent instablilty and the resulting viscosity laws are discussed.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Koen, Marthinus Christoffel
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18880