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I review, from an observational perspective, the interactions of accretion discs with magnetic fields in cataclysmic variable stars. I start with systems where the accretion flows via a stream, and discuss the circumstances in which the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Coel Hellier

Using N-body simulations we study the tidal evolution of initially disky dwarf galaxies orbiting a Milky Way-like host, a process known to lead to the formation of dwarf spheroidal galaxies. We focus on the effect of the orientation of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-10-12 Ewa L. Lokas , Marcin Semczuk , Grzegorz Gajda , Elena D'Onghia

Radial transport of particles, elements and fluid driven by internal stresses in three-dimensional (3D) astrophysical accretion disks is an important phenomenon, potentially relevant for the outward dust transport in protoplanetary disks,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-03-15 Alexander A. Philippov , Roman R. Rafikov

Discs in binaries have a complex behavior because of the perturbations of the companion star. Planet formation in binary-star systems both depend on the companion star parameters and on the properties of the circumstellar disc. An eccentric…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 F. Marzari , C. Baruteau , H. Scholl , P. Thebault

The nonlinear dynamics of a warped accretion disc is investigated in the important case of a thin Keplerian disc with negligible viscosity and self-gravity. A one-dimensional evolutionary equation is formally derived that describes the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 G. I. Ogilvie

We present theoretical models for the evolution of T Tauri stars surrounded by circumstellar discs. The models include the effects of pre-main-sequence stellar and time dependent disc evolution, and incorporate the effects of stellar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Philip J. Armitage , C. J. Clarke , C. A. Tout

Using high-resolution collisionless N-body simulations we study the properties of tidal tails formed in the immediate vicinity of a two-component dwarf galaxy evolving in a static potential of the Milky Way (MW). The stellar component of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-14 Jaroslaw Klimentowski , Ewa L. Lokas , Stelios Kazantzidis , Lucio Mayer , Gary A. Mamon , Francisco Prada

The properties and star formation processes in the far-outer disks of nearby spiral and dwarf irregular galaxies are reviewed. The origin and structure of the generally exponential profiles in stellar disks is considered to result from…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-08-02 Bruce G. Elmegreen , Deidre A. Hunter

Tidal coupling between members of a compact binary system can have an interesting and important influence on that binary's dynamical inspiral. Tidal coupling also distorts the binary's members, changing them (at lowest order) from spheres…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-12-02 Stephen O'Sullivan , Scott A. Hughes

Martin & Lubow (2017) found that an initially sufficiently misaligned low mass protoplanetary disc around an eccentric binary undergoes damped nodal oscillations of tilt angle and longitude of ascending node. Dissipation causes evolution…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-02 Rebecca G. Martin , Stephen H. Lubow

The recurrent outbursts that characterise low-mass binary systems reflect thermal state changes in their associated accretion discs. The observed outbursts are connected to the strong variation in disc opacity as hydrogen ionises near 5000…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 Henrik N. Latter , John C. B. Papaloizou

We present numerical simulations of misaligned discs around a spinning black hole covering a range of parameters. Previous simulations have shown that discs that are strongly warped by a forced precession -- in this case the Lense-Thirring…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-03-24 Anagha Raj , Chris Nixon , Suzan Dogan

Using hydrodynamic approach, it is shown that the properties of a marginally stable collisionless stellar disc resemble those of a thermodynamic system undergoing a gas--liquid phase transition. The maximum in Toomre's stability diagram,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-01-04 E. I. Ivannikova , M. N. Maksumov

We examine the tidal disruption of satellite galaxies in a cosmological simulation of the formation of a disk galaxy in the $\Lambda$CDM scenario. We find that the disruption of satellite galaxies in orbits roughly coplanar with the disk…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Amina Helmi , Julio F. Navarro , Andres Meza , Matthias Steinmetz , Vincent R. Eke

We construct time-dependent one-dimensional (vertically averaged) models of accretion disks produced by the tidal disruption of a white dwarf (WD) by a binary neutron star (NS) companion. Nuclear reactions in the disk midplane burn the WD…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-09-16 Ben Margalit , Brian D. Metzger

In this paper, we show that astrophysical accretion disks are dynamically unstable to non-axisymmetric disturbances. This instability is present in any stably stratified anticyclonically sheared flow as soon as the angular velocity…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Richard , F. Hersant , O. Dauchot , F. Daviaud , B. Dubrulle , J-P. Zahn

Among the many intriguing aspects of optically discovered tidal disruption events (TDEs) is that their temperatures are lower than expected and that the temperature does not evolve as rapidly with decreasing fallback rate as would be…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 M. Coleman Miller

The inner region of the accretion disk around a magnetized star (T Tauri star, white dwarf or neutron star) is subjected to magnetic torques that induce warping and precession of the disk. These torques arise from the interaction between…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Harald P. Pfeiffer , Dong Lai

We study the two-dimensional structure of thin transonic accretion discs in the vicinity of a non-spinning black hole within the framework of hydrodynamical version of the Grad-Shafranov equation. Our analysis focuses on the region inside…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. S. Beskin , A. D. Tchekhovskoy

We use a simple, self-consistent, self-gravitating semi-analytic disc model to conduct an examination of the parameter space in which self-gravitating discs may exist. We then use Monte-Carlo radiative transfer to generate synthetic ALMA…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-17 Cassandra Hall , Duncan Forgan , Ken Rice , Tim J. Harries , Pamela D. Klaassen , Beth Biller