Three-dimensional SPH simulations of accretion discs
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We discuss some 3D numerical simulations of accretion discs using the SPH method and a polytropic equation of state. We show that discs exist even for as large value of the polytropic index as 1.2, and that these discs are always in hydrostatic balance. We also show that even without any inflow, spiral shocks appear in the discs.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9812010,
title = {Three-dimensional SPH simulations of accretion discs},
author = {Henri M. J. Boffin and Kei Haraguchi and Takuya Matsuda},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9812010},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
6 pages, 3 figures. To appear in "Disk instabilities in close binary systems - 25 years of the disk instability model", S. Mineshige and J.C. Wheeler, eds., Universal Academy Press, 1999