2004/03/18 by J. R. Murray, M. R. Truss, Murray, J. R. +7
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0403434
3 pages, to appear in proceedings of IAU Colloquium 194: Compact binaries in the galaxy and beyond
arxiv created 2004/03/18 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
In the proceedings of this, and of several recent close binary conferences, there have been several contributions describing smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations of accretion disks. It is apposite therefore to review the numerical scheme itself with emphasis on its advantages for disk modelling, and the methods used for modelling viscous processes.