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Precessing warped discs in close binary systems

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Accretion Disks — New Aspects

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics ((LNP,volume 487))

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We describe some recent nonlinear three dimensional hydrodynamic simulations of accretion discs in binary systems where the orbit is circular and not necessarily coplanar with the disc midplane.

The calculations are relevant to a number of observed astrophysical phenomena, including the precession of jets associated with young stars, the high spectral index of some T Tauri stars, and the light curves of X-ray binaries such as Hercules X-1 which suggest the presence of precessing accretion discs.

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Emmi Meyer-Hofmeister Henk Spruit

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Papaloizou, J.C.B., Larwood, J.D., Nelson, R.P., Terquem, C. (1997). Precessing warped discs in close binary systems. In: Meyer-Hofmeister, E., Spruit, H. (eds) Accretion Disks — New Aspects. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 487. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0105832

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