Superhumps in Binary Systems and Their Connection to Precessional Spiral Density Waves
arXiv:astro-ph/0606151 · doi:10.1134/S1063772906070031
Abstract
We consider a mechanism for the formation of superhumps in the TV Col system, based on the possible existence of a precessional spiral wave in the accretion disk of the system. This mechanism can act in binaries with arbitrary component-mass ratios, and our precessional spiral wave model can be applied to explain observed superhumps of all types.
LaTeX, 12 pages, 6 figures; figure 3 was improved