Superhumps in Binary Systems and Their Connection to Precessional Spiral Density Waves
Astrophysics
2009-11-11 v1
Abstract
We consider a mechanism for the formation of superhumps in the TV Col system, based on the possible existence of a precessional spiral wave in the accretion disk of the system. This mechanism can act in binaries with arbitrary component-mass ratios, and our precessional spiral wave model can be applied to explain observed superhumps of all types.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0606151,
title = {Superhumps in Binary Systems and Their Connection to Precessional Spiral Density Waves},
author = {P. V. Kaygorodov and D. V. Bisikalo and O. A. Kuznetsov and A. A. Boyarchuk},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0606151},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
LaTeX, 12 pages, 6 figures; figure 3 was improved