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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.

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@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}
}

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102 pages, 36 figures (43 postscript files); New Astronomy Reviews, in press