1997/12/15 by J. K. Cannizzo, John K. Cannizzo, Cannizzo, John K.
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #High-pressure geophysics and materials #X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9712185
16 pages, 0 figures
arxiv created 1997/12/15 · openalex publication_date 1997/12/15 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
I review recent advances in our understanding of accretion disks in transient systems - the dwarf novae and the soft X-ray transients. The primary theme will be the ongoing development of theory in response to the observations. The accretion disk limit cycle model appears to provide a unifying framework within which we may begin to understand what is seen in different types of interacting binary stars, and also to constrain parameters which enter into the theory.