3D Simulation of the accretion disk

Use the previous simulation of RLOF to supply boundary conditions for an incoming tidal stream.

Numerical grid is now centered on the accreting star, providing consistently high resolution throughout the disk.

Density in the equatorial plane

Nearly Keplerian flow - slightly off center

Disk is truncated at 0.22a, roughly half the size of the Roche lobe radius, and twice the size of the circularization radius


The disk rim is flared as a result of stream impact.


Mass is accreting all the way through the disk