New Interpretation of Superhumps
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
2009-04-15 v1
Abstract
Observational evidence is presented for periodically variable irradiation of secondary components. This results in strongly modulated mass outflow. Superhumps are then due to enhanced dissipation of the kinetic energy of the stream. Qualitative interpretation of superhump periods and their variations is also presented.
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@article{arxiv.0902.2880,
title = {New Interpretation of Superhumps},
author = {J. Smak},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0902.2880},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
11 pages, 2 figures, submitted to "Acta Astronomica"