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Hydrogen-poor Disks in Compact X-Ray Binaries

Author(s) -

Kristen Menou,

Rosalba Perna,

Lars Hernquist

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

the astrophysical journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.376

H-Index - 489

eISSN - 1538-4357

pISSN - 0004-637X

DOI - 10.1086/338909

Subject(s) - hydrogen , astrophysics , accretion (finance) , physics , ionization , instability , magnetohydrodynamics , accretion disc , thermal instability , ion , plasma , nuclear physics , mechanics , quantum mechanics

We show that accretion disks in several compact X-ray binaries withhydrogen-depleted donors are likely subject to a thermal ionizationinstability, unless they are strongly irradiated. These disks are particularlyinteresting in that their MHD-turbulent properties in the neutral phase may bequite different from those of standard, hydrogen-rich disks.Comment: 10 pages, accepted for publication in ApJ

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