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20242026
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5 papers

astro-ph.SR2026

2D hydrodynamical simulations of Be star decretion disc formation through boundary layer effects

Madeline Overton, Zhaohuan Zhu, Rebecca G. Martin +1

Be stars are massive main-sequence stars rotating close to their breakup rate. They possess a decretion disc of material built up due to mass loss from the star, however, there is…

astro-ph.EP2025

Primordial planet spin driven by boundary layer effects in a decretion disc

Rebecca G. Martin, Stephen H. Lubow, David Vallet +4

Accretion of material from a protoplanetary disc on to a forming giant planet can spin the planet up to close to its breakup rate, , where $M_…

astro-ph.SR2025

Disc breaking through forced eccentricity growth

Madeline Overton, Rebecca G. Martin, Stephen H. Lubow +1

Motivated by misaligned discs observed in eccentric orbit Be/X-ray binaries, we examine the evolution of a retrograde disc around one component of an eccentric binary with hydrodyn…

astro-ph.SR2025

Formation of Be star decretion discs through boundary layer effects

Rebecca G. Martin, Stephen H. Lubow, David Vallet +3

Be stars are rapidly rotating, with angular frequency around of their Keplerian break up frequency, as a result of significant accretion during the earlier stellar evolut…

astro-ph.HE2024

The Rise of Nova V1674 Herculis

Robert M. Quimby, Brian D. Metzger, Ken J. Shen +3

Observational constraints on classical novae are heavily biased to phases near optical peak and later because of the simple fact that novae are not typically discovered until they…