2001/10/09 by Henri M. J. Boffin, H. M. J. Boffin, Boffin, Henri M. J. · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #FOS: Physical sciences #High-pressure geophysics and materials #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0110202
19 pages, 9 low resolution figures. To be published in LNP Proc. 573, october 2001 Astrotomography, eds.H. M. J. Boffin, D. Steeghs, & J. Cuypers (Springer)
arxiv created 2001/10/09 · openalex publication_date 2001/10/09 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Spirals shocks have been widely studied in the context of galactic dynamics and protostellar discs. They may however also play an important role in some classes of close binary stars, and more particularly in cataclysmic variables. In this paper, we review the physics of spirals waves in accretion discs, present the results of numerical simulations and consider whether theory can be reconcilied with observations.