English
Related papers

Related papers: Viscous Hydrodynamics Simulations of Circumbinary …

200 papers

We carry out 2D viscous hydrodynamical simulations of circumbinary accretion using the AREPO code. We self-consistently compute the accretion flow over a wide range of spatial scales, from the circumbinary disk (CBD) far from the central…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-01-30 Diego J. Muñoz , Ryan Miranda , Dong Lai

We carry out 2D viscous hydrodynamics simulations of circumbinary disk (CBD) accretion using {\footnotesize AREPO}. We resolve the accretion flow from a large-scale CBD down to the streamers and disks around individual binary components.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-02-12 Diego Muñoz , Dong Lai , Kaitlin Kratter , Ryan Miranda

We present the first three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of a circumbinary disk surrounding an equal mass binary. The binary maintains a fixed circular orbit of separation $a$. As in previous hydrodynamical simulations,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 Ji-Ming Shi , Julian H. Krolik , Stephen H. Lubow , John F. Hawley

The question whether the interaction of a circumbinary disc with the central binary system leads to shrinking or expansion of the binary orbit has attracted considerable interest as it impacts the evolution of binary black holes and stellar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-20 Anna B. T. Penzlin , Wilhelm Kley , Hugo Audiffren , Christoph M. Schäfer

Hydrodynamical interaction in circumbinary discs (CBDs) plays a crucial role in various astrophysical systems, ranging from young stellar binaries to supermassive black hole binaries in galactic centers. Most previous simulations of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-09-20 Hai-Yang Wang , Xue-Ning Bai , Dong Lai , Douglas N. C. Lin

We present the results of hydrodynamical simulations of low mass protoplanets embedded in circumbinary accretion disks. The aim is to examine the migration and long term orbital evolution of the protoplanets, in order to establish the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Arnaud Pierens , Richard P. Nelson

We develop a rapid algorithm for the evolution of stable, circular, circumbinary discs suitable for parameter estimation and population synthesis modelling. Our model includes disc mass and angular momentum changes, accretion on to the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-26 Robert G. Izzard , Adam S. Jermyn

(Abridged) To gain insight into the dynamical influence of a supermassive black hole binary on a circumbinary accretion disk, we investigate the binary and viscous torque densities throughout such a disk, with emphasis on the final density…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-07 Michal Pirog , Siddharth Mahesh , Sean T. McWilliams

Using numerical hydrodynamics calculations and a novel method for densely sampling parameter space, we measure the accretion and torque on a binary system from a circumbinary disk. In agreement with previous studies, we find that the net…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-03 Paul C. Duffell , Daniel D'Orazio , Andrea Derdzinski , Zoltan Haiman , Andrew MacFadyen , Anna L. Rosen , Jonathan Zrake

Previous work has shown that interactions between a central binary system and a circumbinary disc (CBD) can lead to the binary orbit either shrinking or expanding, depending on the properties of the disc. In this work, we perform…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-22 George Turpin , Richard Nelson

Gaseous disks have been proposed as a mechanism for facilitating mergers of binary black holes. We explore circumbinary disk systems to determine the evolution of the central binary. To do so, we perform 3D, hydrodynamic, locally isothermal…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-04-24 Mackenzie S. L. Moody , Ji-Ming Shi , James M. Stone

Circumbinary discs are generally thought to take up angular momentum and energy from the binary orbit over time through gravitational torques mediated by orbital resonances. This process leads to the shrinkage of the binary orbit over time,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-07-24 Ryan Heath , Chris Nixon

We study the evolution of circumbinary disks under the gravitational influence of the binary using two-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations to investigate the impact of disk and binary parameters on the dynamical aspects of the disk. To…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-14 Daniel Thun , Wilhelm Kley , Giovanni Picogna

We study dynamics of circumstellar discs, with a focus on the $\beta$ Lyrae A binary system. This system with ongoing mass transfer has been extensively observed, using photometry, spectroscopy and interferometry. All these observations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-14 Kristián Vitovský , Miroslav Brož

We present the results of non linear, hydrodynamic simulations, in three dimensions, of the tidal perturbation of accretion discs in binary systems where the orbit is circular and not necessarily coplanar with the disc mid-plane. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 J. D. Larwood , R. P. Nelson , J. C. B. Papaloizou , C. Terquem

We study, by means of numerical simulations and analysis, the details of the accretion process from a disc onto a binary system. We show that energy is dissipated at the edge of a circumbinary disc and this is associated with the tidal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-12 Caroline Terquem , John C. B. Papaloizou

Circumbinary disks are found in a variety of astrophysical scenarios, spanning binary star formation to accreting supermassive black hole binaries. The interaction with a circumbinary disk can yield opposite effects on the binary orbit…

We study circumbinary accretion discs in the framework of the restricted three-body problem (R3Bp) and via numerically solving the height-integrated equations of viscous hydrodynamics. Varying the mass ratio of the binary, we find a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-05-10 Daniel J. D'Orazio , Zoltan Haiman , Paul Duffell , Andrew I. MacFadyen , Brian D. Farris

We study the development of finite eccentricity in accretion disks in close binary systems using a two-dimensional grid-based numerical scheme. We perform detailed parameter studies to explore the dependence on viscosity, disk aspect ratio,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Wilhelm Kley , John Papaloizou , Gordon Ogilvie

Eccentric gaseous discs are unstable to a parametric instability involving the resonant interaction between inertial-gravity waves and the eccentric mode in the disc. We present 3D global hydrodynamical simulations of inviscid circumbinary…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-06-10 Arnaud Pierens , Colin P. McNally , Richard P. Nelson
‹ Prev 1 2 3 10 Next ›