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The Stability of Double White Dwarf Binaries Undergoing Direct Impact Accretion
Patrick M. Motl, Juhan Frank, Joel E. Tohline +1
We present numerical simulations of dynamically unstable mass transfer in a double white dwarf binary with initial mass ratio, q = 0.4. The binary components are approximated as po…
Evolution of Close White Dwarf Binaries
Vayujeet Gokhale, Xiao Meng Peng, Juhan Frank
We describe the evolution of double degenerate binary systems, consisting of components obeying the zero temperature mass radius relationship for white dwarf stars, from the onset…
Numerical Simulations of the Onset and Stability of Dynamical Mass Transfer in Binaries
Mario C. R. D'Souza, Patrick M. Motl, Joel E. Tohline +1
Hydrodynamical simulations of semi-detached, polytropic binary stars are presented in an effort to study the onset and stability of dynamical mass transfer events. Initial, synchro…
Galaxy Formation in Triaxial Halos: Black Hole-Bulge-Dark Halo Correlation
Amr El-Zant, Isaac Shlosman, Mitch Begelman +1
The masses of supermassive black holes (SBHs) show correlations with bulge properties in disk and elliptical galaxies. We study the formation of galactic structure within flat-core…
Numerical Methods for the Simulation of Dynamical Mass Transfer in Binaries
Patrick M Motl, Joel E Tohline, Juhan Frank
We describe computational tools that have been developed to simulate dynamical mass transfer in semi-detached, polytropic binaries that are initially executing synchronous rotation…
Evolutionary Effects of Irradiation in Cataclysmic Variables
P. McCormick, J. Frank
The orbital evolution of cataclysmic variables in which the companion is illuminated by a fraction of the accretion luminosity consists of irradiation-driven limit cycles on therma…