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On the evolution of accretion disc flow in cataclysmic variables. III - Outburst properties of constant and uniform-alpha model discsAttention is given to the stability and evolution of some simple accretion disk models in which the viscosity is prescribed by an ad hoc, uniform-alpha model. Emphasis is placed on systems in which the mass input rate from the secondary to the disk around the primary is assumed to be constant, although initial calculations with variable mass input rates are also performed. Time-dependent visual magnitude light curves constructed for cataclysmic binaries with a range of disk size, primary mass and mass input rate, and viscosity magnitude, are compared with the observed properties of various cataclysmic variable subclasses. The results obtained indicate that the observational differences between novae and dwarf novae may be due to mass input rate differences. The present models can reproduce the gross observational features of U-Gem-type dwarf nova outbursts.
Document ID
19850038255
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Lin, D. N. C.
(Lick Observatory Santa Cruz, CA, United States)
Faulkner, J.
(Lick Observatory; California, University Santa Cruz, CA, United States)
Papaloizou, J.
(Queen Mary College London, United Kingdom)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1985
Publication Information
Publication: Royal Astronomical Society, Monthly Notices
Volume: 212
ISSN: 0035-8711
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Accession Number
85A20406
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF AST-81-00163
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-508
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF AST-83-11406
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Public
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