Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1769306 | Advances in Space Research | 2006 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Outer radius variations play an important role in the disc structure and evolution. We consider theoretical and observational consequences of such variations in cataclysmic binaries and low-mass X-ray binaries. We find that the action of tidal torques must be important well inside the tidal radius. We also conclude that it is doubtful that the tidal-thermal instability is responsible for the superoutburst/superhump phenomena.
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Authors
Jean-Marie Hameury, Jean-Pierre Lasota,