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Accretion Disks with Convective Viscosity
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Abstract
Models of vertical structure are calculated for a range of parameters applicable to dwarf novae with two types of viscosity being included: the standard α-disk viscosity and the additional turbulent viscosity in the convective regions. The resulting surface density (∑) υs. effective temperature (Te) relations, compared to those without convective viscosity, show larger separation between the two critical points of the ∑ – Te relation, ∑min and ∑max. This could suggest that with such a modification the dwarf nova outbursts could be reproduced with a single value of α. (Note that in the standard α approach two different α’s are needed on the hot and cool branch of the ∑ – Te relation, with αcool ≈ αhot/4). It turns out, however, that this is not the case. This is due to the fact that additional convective viscosity makes also ∑max smaller than in the pure α case.
- Type
- Part 4. Properties of Accretion Disks
- Information
- International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 163: Accretion Phenomena and Related Outflows , 1997 , pp. 173 - 176
- Copyright
- Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1997