Spiral shocks in accretion disks.

We perform two-dimensional numerical calculations of the tidal interaction between the companion star and the disc around the primary in a cataclysmic variable system with parameters appropriate for the eclipsing dwarf nova binary IP Peg. We show that a spiral shock pattern is indeed obtained. We find, however, that it is impossible to reproduce the two-armed spiral that has been recently observed in IP Peg for realistic discs.

Main Author:	Godon, Patrick.
Other Authors:	Livio, Mario., Lubow, Steve.
Language:	English
Published:	1997
Online Access:	http://ezproxy.villanova.edu/login?url=https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:176474