Hydrogen-Poor Disks in Compact X-Ray Binaries
Astrophysics
2009-11-07 v1
Abstract
We show that accretion disks in several compact X-ray binaries with hydrogen-depleted donors are likely subject to a thermal ionization instability, unless they are strongly irradiated. These disks are particularly interesting in that their MHD-turbulent properties in the neutral phase may be quite different from those of standard, hydrogen-rich disks.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0111565,
title = {Hydrogen-Poor Disks in Compact X-Ray Binaries},
author = {Kristen Menou and Rosalba Perna and Lars Hernquist},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0111565},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
10 pages, accepted for publication in ApJL