The disc instability model of dwarf-novae and low-mass X-ray binary transients
Astrophysics
2009-11-06 v1
Abstract
The disc instability model which is supposed to describe outbursts of dwarf nova and low-mass X-ray binary transient systems is presented and reviewed in detail. Various deficiencies of the model are pointed out and various remedies and generalizations are presented and discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0102072,
title = {The disc instability model of dwarf-novae and low-mass X-ray binary transients},
author = {Jean-Pierre Lasota},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0102072},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
102 pages, 36 figures (43 postscript files); New Astronomy Reviews, in press