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Comparison of 2D and 3D models of flow structure in semidetached binaries

D. V. Bisikalo, A. A. Boyarchuk, V. M. Chechetkin, O. A. Kuznetsov, D. Molteni

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/9907084

Abstract

We present the results of systematic comparison of 2D and 3D numerical models of mass transfer in semidetached binaries. It is shown that only for case of γ 1 (near-isothermal case) the obtained 2D and 3D solutions are qualitatively similar. For higher value of γthe 3D flow structure is drastically changed and for γ=1.2 the accretion disk is not formed in the system. Numerical results show that for case of γ=1.2 the 2D and 3D solutions are different. We discuss the spiral-shaped shock waves obtained in numerical models. It is shown that these shocks are not intrinsic spirals and are caused by collisions of the gaseous flows in the system.

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